Car recycling - the approach of BMW to the sustainable design of cars

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Car recycling - the approach of BMW to the sustainable design of cars

Hoock, R. / Graser, K.

Power Point Presentation. The manner in which environmental impact and recycling targets are put into practice at BMW is demonstrated. The demands of the European End-of-Life-Vehicles directive with respect to utilisation quotas, heavy metals restrictions and recycling are discussed. It is important for modern cars to meet the requirements of environmental compatibility. It is imperative that the ecological recycling of used vehicles has to be accompanied within the earliest stages of development and construction of new cars by the integration of environmental criteria and recycling requirements through environmentally compatible product design that makes optimum use of materials suitable for recycling at a later date. This approach is based on the observance of the entire 'product life-cycle' of the car, in which the development, production, use, and the recycling of the car at the end of its useful life is considered a closed system. In striving for 'sustainable development', BMW is the first car manufacturer in the world, which has quantitative instruments for improving the environmental compatibility of cars and their components. They help the design engineers to fulfil all the required recycling criteria. Examples show how these tools are used to minimise the consumption of raw materials, to avoid harmful substances, to use the optimised joining technique, to promote the recyclability as well as the use of secondary raw materials are shown.