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We have developed technologies to:
- Improve ease of dismantling and disassembling.
- Improve material identification.
- Improve ease of reuse.
- Improve ease of recycling.
By implementing these technologies Honda made following
improvements:
- Lead usage is reduced by a third compared with
1996 levels achieved by:
- The elimination of lead from the fuel tank assembly
which is normally used as a sealant.
- The adoption of an aluminium radiator, copper
alloy battery cable connectors and copper heater
core.
- Adoption of a lead-free PVC-coated wiring harness.
- The dashboard is made out of a mono-material
easy to recycle plastic.
- PVC was phased out of several components (e.g.
door linings, roof mouldings, etc.).
- The quantity of parts was reduced in order to
increase the ease of dismantling.
- All plastic parts above 5 gr. are labelled for easy
recognition.
- Recycled plastics are used instead of virgin material
in order to preserve natural resources.
The quantity of improvements applied is model dependent,
but Honda takes up the challenge to continuously increase
the efforts.
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