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Vehicle recycling

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Vehicle recycling is the dismantling of vehicles for spare parts. [1]

16 relations: Abandoned vehicle, Airbag, Alternator, Automotive oil recycling, Automotive shredder residue, Car Allowance Rebate System, Car crusher, Catalytic converter, End of Life Vehicles Directive, Environmental impact of transport, European Commission, Infotainment, Remanufacturing, Sodium azide, Starter (engine), Wrecking yard.

Abandoned vehicle

Abandoned vehicles are decrepit cars that have become useless in other ways, which are abandoned and illegally dumped in the environment.

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Airbag

An airbag is a type of vehicle safety device and is an occupant restraint system.

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Alternator

An alternator is an electrical generator that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy in the form of alternating current.

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Automotive oil recycling

Automotive oil recycling involves the recycling of used oils and the creation of new products from the recycled oils, and includes the recycling of motor oil and hydraulic oil.

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Automotive shredder residue

The shredding of automobiles and major household appliances is a process where a hammermill acts as a giant tree chipper by grinding the materials fed into it to fist-size pieces.

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Car Allowance Rebate System

The Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), colloquially known as "cash for clunkers", was a $3 billion U.S. federal scrappage program intended to provide economic incentives to U.S. residents to purchase a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle when trading in a less fuel-efficient vehicle.

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Car crusher

A car crusher is an industrial device used to reduce the dimensions of derelict (depreciated) cars prior to transport for recycling.

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Catalytic converter

A catalytic converter is an exhaust emission control device that converts toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants by catalyzing a redox reaction (an oxidation and a reduction reaction).

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End of Life Vehicles Directive

The End of Life Vehicles Directive is a Directive of the European Union addressing the end of life for automotive products.

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Environmental impact of transport

The environmental impact of transport is significant because transport is a major user of energy, and burns most of the world's petroleum.

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European Commission

The European Commission (EC) is an institution of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.

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Infotainment

Infotainment (a portmanteau of information and entertainment), also called soft news, is a type of media, usually television, that provides a combination of information and entertainment.

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Remanufacturing

Remanufacturing is "the rebuilding of a product to specifications of the original manufactured product using a combination of reused, repaired and new parts".

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Sodium azide

Sodium azide is the inorganic compound with the formula NaN3.

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Starter (engine)

A starter (also self-starter, self, cranking motor, or starter motor) is a device used to rotate (crank) an internal-combustion engine so as to initiate the engine's operation under its own power.

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Wrecking yard

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_recycling

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