1. Waste Oil Management

The Waste Oil recycling booklets were mailed mid November 2003 to recyclers/dismantlers throughout Australia, and is the product of a joint project between the Federal Government (Environment & Heritage Dept) and APRAA. This is a great opportunity for APRAA to lead the industry towards better waste oil collection/recycling and is a great promotion for APRAA across the industry.

To preview the booklets, please click on the following files:

Waste Oil Management - A Best Practice Guide for Auto Parts Recyclers

BestPracticeBrochure.pdf

Waste Oil Disposal Service Providers - A Guide for Auto Parts Recyclers

GuidetoOilDisposalProviders.pdf

2. "Environmental Action Plan" notes

Environment Action Plan notes Environmental Action Plan .doc

Environment Action Plan Template Enviro Template.doc

3. End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs)

ELVs are a growing concern for the world, the Australian community, the automotive industry and of course for auto parts recyclers.

More than 500,000 vehicles are retired from Australian roads each year. Recent reports by both the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council and the Commonwealth Department of Environment and Heritage found that there are significant levels of pollution and criminal activity resulting from non-existent or inadequate controls on the illegitimate operators in the industry.

Overseas research has shown End-of-Life-Vehicle (ELV) contaminants that enter the environment include fluids such as oil, petrol, brake fluids, coolant etc as well as toxic heavy metals such as lead, hexavalent chromium, mercury, along with PCBs. While the metal fraction of ELVs is generally recovered by metal recyclers, at least 100,000 tonnes of waste from ELVs is generated annually, representing a substantial resource loss.

* For a copy of the Commonwealth Government’s Information Paper on the Environmental Impacts of End-of-Life Vehicles, refer http://www.environment.gov.au/ .

* To view more on ELVs in Europe, refer www.egaranet.org and click "How we treat ELVs?"

* The ARA July 2005 magazine printed a very good EGARA "ELV update".

Click here to view a PDF copy. ARA ELVs 0705.pdf

* For information on Japan's ELV activities, refer www.toyota.co.jp

* For more information on ELVs and overseas legislation (Europe & Japan), please contact the APRAA National Office.

AutoCRC "ELV Project" APRAA is an active stakeholder working with the AutoCRC on this project. For more information click on the attached file to view the ELV Project brochure or contact the AutoCRC office directly
Kate Neely Ph: 03 9647 299 www.autocrc.com

4. PACIA's Automotive Plastic Recycling Project

APRAA has been invited to participate on the above PACIA 2005 Project 'Steering Committee'. Contact the APRAA National Office for more details.

* Click the PACIA file below to view the typical usage of plastic in the typical Australian family car Australian Automobile.doc

* For more details on PACIA, refer www.pacia.org.au

* See the PACIA graphic file below of the Automotive Plastics Life Cycle:

Auto Plastics Life Cycle - Image Representation