In its position on the revision of the End-of-life Vehicles Directive, Glass for Europe provides background information to policy-makers and offers some reflections on how to support greater recycling of automotive glazing.
“Glass recycling offers many environmental and economic benefits but greater recycling is slowed down by the difficulty in the flat glass industry to access enough waste glass suitable for remelting”, says Iva Ganev, Environment & Climate Policy Manager at Glass for Europe, in an audio statement released after the publication.
Very often, the glass pieces of the vehicle are shredded with the other components and do not enter a recycling route. However, ensuring a proper separation is only the first step. To be ready to enter a glass melting furnace, auto glass pieces need additional sorting and cleaning that guarantee the highest quality of cullet. “Glass for Europe and its members are actively looking for solutions to enhance recovery and recycling of automotive glass, but all actors have a role to play” continues I. Ganev. For example “Car manufacturers can help by designing vehicles in such a way that glass pieces can be more easily removed from vehicles,” while “vehicle dismantlers must have an incentive to dismantle auto glass more systematically before shredding”.
To know more, listen to the audio statement and read the position paper “A revised End-of-life Vehicles Directive that supports greater recycling of automotive glazing”
Log in or register to post comments
9361 Irvine blvd. Irvine , CA 92618 United States
İçmeler Mah. D-100 Karayolu Cad. No:44A, 34947 Tuzla, /İstanbul Turkey
Ctra. Estación Km. 15.8 44415 Rubielos de Mora Teruel Spain
No. 20 Binhe Road, High-tech Development Zone, Luolong Qu Luoyang Shi Henan Sheng , 471003 China
19, rue du Puits Romain, L-8070 8070 Bertrange Luxembourg
12 place de l’Iris 92400 Courbevoie France
61 Haier Rd Laoshan Qu Qingdao Shi Shandong Sheng , 266061 China
No 5, Fu rong jie jia, Xi ma ge Zhuang village, Gao li ying town, Shun yi district, Shunyi Qu Beijing Shi , 101300 China
25F, Huarun Mansion A, 6 Shandong Road, Qingdao, PR China Qingdao Shi Shandong Sheng , 266071 China