Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Korea Society of Waste Management (한국폐기물자원순환학회)
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Recycling plastics from automotive shredder residues: a review

  • Buekens, Alfons (State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Zhou, Xujian (State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University)
  • Received : 2013.11.11
  • Accepted : 2014.01.24
  • Published : 2014.07.30
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Abstract

Automotive shredder residue (ASR) is an inevitable by-product of car recycling, i.e. removal of all liquids and hazardous or valuable components from the car and shredding of the hulk, followed by the recovery of steel, iron, and non-ferrous scrap. The European Union (EU) ELV Directive requires attaining higher recovery and recycling rates, resulting in a reduction of the amount of ASR going to landfill. The most plausible methods to achieve a considerable reduction of ASR are as follows: either recycling of separated materials and dismantled bulky parts, such as bumpers, dashboards, cushions, and front and rear windows, or else systematic sorting of the commingled and size-reduced materials, resulting from shredding. After a brief comparison of the actual situation in the EU, the USA, and Japan, the characteristics of actual ASR are reviewed, as well as some of the most prominent efforts made to separate and recycle specific fractions, such as polyolefins, ABS, or polyurethane. Attention is paid to some major players in the EU and to some of the pitfalls that besiege these ventures.

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