Materials technology in automotive recycling

The growing number of dissed cars and the resulting amount of waste contribute to the increasing pressure on disposal sites. The materials selection for, and the design of, new motor veicles are influenced by teh need to reuse the constituent materials. The current situation often involves shredding old vehicles and sorting the resulting mixture of materials before disposing of a large proportion of the remainder on a dump. The possibilities for the future, including a new concept developed by Mercedes Bez involving the reuse of the energy potential of the materials, is dscussed.