Is the Australian Automotive Recycling Industry Heading towards a Global Circular Economy? - A Case Study on Vehicle Doors

Procedia CIRP

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-15

  Soo, Vi Kie ^a   Compston, Paul ^a   Doolan, Matthew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

circular economy; end of life vehicles; Life Cycle Assessment; multi material designs; vehicle recycling

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RECYCLING; VEHICLES;

AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING; CIRCULAR ECONOMY; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS; MULTI-MATERIAL DESIGNS; RECOVERED MATERIALS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84985995805     PISSN: 22128271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2016.03.099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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