Toyota Auto Scrap Recycling Program

Scrap metals in automobiles are in demand for junk car buyers, scrap car buyers and “cash for cars” companies. When junking or scrapping a car, an auto scrapper or recycler must determine how to offer the best scrap car prices by harvesting the best metals, one of which is copper.

This article is from Recycling Today on March 28, 2014 (www.recyclingtoday.com):

Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC), recently established a unique program to recycle copper used in their wiring harnesses. Working with Yazaki Corp., a manufacturer of vehicle components; Toyota Tsusho Corp., the exchange arm of the Toyota Group; and eight Japan-based auto recycling companies, has developed a system that is able to harvest copper with an estimated pureness level exceeding 99% from the wiring found in automobiles, according to the company.

“Toyota says when wiring harnesses are removed from end-of-life vehicles using conventional methods, it is extremely difficult to separate the copper from the fuse box and other components. As a result, it has not been possible until now to recycle harnesses using mechanical sorting methods.” In 2011, TMC developed the first mechanical sorting method that is designed to prevent contamination from minute impurities. Trial production involving small amounts of recycled copper began at TMC’s Honsha, Japan, plant in 2013. Once quality had been assessed by Yazaki, the copper was introduced to the wiring harness manufacturing line. Stable production involving recycled copper has been achieved, and the partner companies say annual production of recycled copper using this method will increase to about 1,000 tons in 2016.”

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