Collecting and re-using spare parts
Honda is involved in the remanufacturing business
which entails collecting useful spare parts, rebuilding
them and selling them as guaranteed rebuilt parts.
In Europe Honda has begun the rebuilt parts program
with two electrical parts, the starter and alternator;
but strives to gradually increase the parts variety
(e.g. drive shafts, radiators, steering boxes etc.)
to reach the level of Japan and the US within the
next years to come.
Recycling of parts
Honda has set up a bumper collection network in Germany
and the UK. These bumpers are crushed, washed and
pelletised. The pellets can then be used to produce
new vehicle parts, as for example the fairing in the
new Civic and CR-V models. To be able to provide enough
pellets to produce all fairing for both models produced
in Swindon UK, 60 tons or 15.000 old bumpers are collected
annually.
This European program is planned to be extended for
other parts (e.g. splash shields, inner fender, battery
boxes etc.) As Honda is a global automobile producer
similar programs were set up in production facilities
in Japan and the US. For example; in Japan "Bumper to Bumper Recycling" started. Pellets
are used as core material for new bumpers, the famous
"sandwich technology".
Besides the plastic recycling programmes Honda
set up an Upgrade-recycling program for aluminium,
recycling aluminium engines into frame parts.
Recovery of materials
In order to promote recovery Honda reduced the PVC content
of the car to reduce the risk of generating dioxin during incineration of the shredder
waste.
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