Hyundai Increased Recyclability

Automobile is the basic essential of human life. An important goal of HMC is to prevent environmental pollution by recycling resources that are used for manufacturing of automobiles and enhancing the value of end-of-life vehicles. We are prohibiting the use of hazardous substances for the new vehicle development phase to prepare the recycling process of end-of-life automobiles. To verify the recyclability of all models, we are operating the Recyclability Assessment Information System for Homologation (RAIS-H). The company is thus responding to recycling laws and regulations that are being strengthened all across the globe. Moreover, HMC is recycling scrap materials such as plastic parts and waste PET bottles that are generated during the automobile parts manufacturing process. HMC is making efforts to boost research and development through the Automobile Recycling Center in order to increase recyclability.

Resource Circulation Target

Based on recognition that automobiles are precious resources, HMC is making strenuous efforts to improve the recyclability of end-of-life vehicles. The mid-term goal of HMC is the early achievement of the recycling and energy recovery rate of 95% by 2015 targeted by the EU and Asia. To this end, we are working on Design for Recycling(DfR) and making improvements to end-of-life vehicle dismantling and handling technologies, and functional part manufacturing technologies along with the development of polymer material recycling technologies. Through the partnership with the end-of-life vehicles management companies, we are jointly developing vehicle dismantling technologies and transferring the technologies to relevant industries. We are also making efforts to realize resource circulation through the expansion of use of recycled materials.

Efforts to achieve the resource circulation target