Volkswagen Passat '97, User Manual

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8
Environmental Protection and Recycling
The concept of eco-friendliness was pursued
consistently throughout development of the
new Passat.
We would now like to show you some aspects
of this topic which are also of interest to work-
shops.
Recycling
Not least the recycling requirements present
workshops with problems such as identifying,
presorting and storing materials and waste
operating media.
To achieve this, the following measures were
taken:
l Identification of plastic part materials
l Fewer composite materials
l
Reduction in fine sealing through the use of
laser welding
l No parts containing CFCs are used.
Take bumpers for example:
Bumpers were previously manufactured from
composites. What the term “composite”
means is that different materials are combined
with one another in such a way that subse-
quent separation into clean material streams is
no longer possible.
If a plastic is to be recovered for recycling, it
should, if possible, be sorted according to type
for recycling purposes. This means that
different types of plastic, for example, must
not be mixed with one another.
The bumpers on the Passat are recyclable
because they do not contain composites.
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sorting
Recycled plastic
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recycling
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