A Failing Grade for the German End-of-Life Vehicles Take-Back System

Autor/inn/en	Nakajima, Nina; Vanderburg, Willem H.
Titel	A Failing Grade for the German End-of-Life Vehicles Take-Back System
Quelle	In: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 25 (2005) 2, S.170-186 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-4676
DOI	10.1177/0270467604274358
Schlagwörter	Corporations; Environmental Standards; Foreign Countries; Manufacturing Industry; Recycling; Motor Vehicles + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unternehmen; Umweltauflage; Ausland; Fertigungswirtschaft; Produzierendes Gewerbe; Motor vehicle; Kraftwagen
Abstract	The German end-of-life vehicle take-back system is described and analyzed in terms of its impact on the environment and the car companies involved. It is concluded that although this system is often cited as an example of a successful take-back scheme, it is not one that maximizes the value recovered from end-of-life vehicles. As a result, corporations do not achieve the potential benefits that can be realized from an alternate value chain based on recovering value from end-of-life products. Neither is society benefiting from the potential reduction in pollution and from making its way of life more sustainable. Without bringing these potential benefits to all stakeholders, the system is not likely to have a future. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10