Vital Waste Graphics

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Waste generation scheme

Renewable and non-renewable resource supply

Production Manufacturing Processing Formulation

Distribution Consumption Use Maintenance

Raw material extraction

W A S T E M A N A G E M E N T - C O L L E C T I O N

Production: During the final assembly: paints, coatings, lubricants and fluids (generating excess materials – a specific type of waste)

Re-use Recycling Recovering

Waste

Waste

Waste

W A S T E M A N A G E M E N T Final disposal Final disposal

Final disposal

E A R T H

Compiled by the authors from various sources

Distribution: Assembled cars are transported by truck, train and cargo to dealerships (generating air emissions). Factories, assembly plants, road systems, parking places, dealerships and garages require land to be cleared, resulting in deforestation, degradation of habitat for wildlife and an increase in rainwater runoff.

Raw material residues 8 000 kg Waste as a result of car production

8 000 In kg

6 000

4 000

Waste rocks 2 000 kg

Copper, nickel and other residues 175 kg

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Ecologic review for a 1 000 kilogram car produced in 1994; estimated over 10 years; assuming a total mileage of 150 000 kilometers and an average fuel consumption of 8.1 liters per hundred kilometers.

Source : OFEFP, 2003.

What is a car made of ?

In percentage

Steel and iron, all sorts 70%

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70

From production to disposal of the car

60

Synthetic material and plastics 12%

Energy produced and used for the extraction of raw materials for the production of the car for running the car during its life time Air emissions Carbon dioxide Carbon monoxide Volatile organic compounds (VOC) Sulfur dioxide Nitrogen oxides

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6% 4% 90%

Gas, oil and grease 4%

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Non-ferrous metal Brass, copper, zinc 2%

30

Rubber 5%

Aluminium 2%

20

Glass 3%

Foam and cables 1%

Lead 1%

36 000 kg 413 kg 192 kg

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34 kg 28 kg

Source : OFEFP, 2003.

Consumption: Maintenance and repair of cars generates a large range of hazardous waste: fuel, oil, lubricants, washing powder, wax, paint, rubber (tires), tar, anti-freeze liquid and other products such as acids and chemicals (used in batteries, air-conditioning systems, brake systems).