Nissan recycles

Nissan recycles

TOKYO: Nissan plans to recycle 90 percent of parts from
scrapped cars, on a weight basis, for new models introduced in
and after 2000.

The plan is based on an initiative drawn up last year by the
Ministry of International Trade and Industry, aiming to raise the
recycling ratio to 90 percent for all car models to be marketed
from 2002.

Toyota has already drawn up its own action plan which will
surpass the ministry-instructed target by two years.

Nissan's adoption of a similar plan will affect the entire
industry, given the emerging consumer desire for more
"environmentally friendly" cars, analysts say.

Nissan said a number of studies for meeting the plan are under
way, including development of methods to reuse such auto parts as
seats for new cars and feasibility studies on low-cost
dismantling of cars to retrieve parts.