Nissan’s Green Program Result
Japanese car maker Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. has recently announced its progress report for its recycling efforts for the 2006 fiscal year. Nissan was able to recycle almost 100,000 tons of automotive waste during the period of 2006, making them at least nine years ahead of legal requirements for environmental protection by the motor industry.
The Japanese automaker has also exceeded its own target for 2010 that’s set forth by its own Nissan Green Program. The progress report made concentrated on three key areas which included Automobile Shredder Residue, Airbag-related components, and Fluorocarbons.
Nissan was able to recycle 95,240 of 128,827 of automobile shredder residue recovered from 635,440 vehicles in 2006. The recovery ratio was 73.9 percent and so it exceeded the 70 percent recovery ratio that’s regulated by law and with this, Nissan has already complied with the 2015 requirements.
Nissan also sports high scores on its environmental treatment for the airbag-related components and fluorocarbons. Nissan actually plans to accelerate its recycling efforts to achieve a 95 percent average on its recovery for end of life vehicles by 2010.
Toru Hasegawa, Managing Director at Nissan Middle East Fze, said, “For Nissan as an automaker, raising the recovery rate of end-of-life vehicles remains a high priority. Our aim is to contribute to the creation of a sustainable automobile society through environmentally friendly recycling. To achieve this, we aim to facilitate the implementation of the 3Rs - reduce, reuse and recycle-in both design and development.”
To continue with their commitment on its Nissan Green program, Nissan will maintain its efforts to attain the ultimate recovery ratio of 100 percent, recycling all materials from end-of-life vehicles and convert them to usable resources.