JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RECYCLE NETWORK NEWSVol. 93

Asian Automotive
Environmental
Forum attracts 200visitors from Japn
and overseas

NOVEMBER 2015 http://www.jara.co.jp

Published by JARA Corporation
Tokyo Head Office: Shinwa Bldg. 1-2-2-7F
Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 103-0027
Phone: +81 3 3548 3010 / Fax: +81 3 3231 4690

CO2 Reduction Effect(based on Super-Line System)

The use of Reuse Parts saved

3,285 tons of CO2 emissions
in September 2015
Daiko Corporation President Goro
Domon welcomes visitors from Japanand overseas

The reference figure represents the difference ofcarbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at the vehicle repair
using genuine (new) parts and recycled parts.**: Based on "Green Point System", which was jointly

developed by the Japan Automotive Parts Recyclers
Asia since 2008 and this year’s holding
Association and Waseda University Environmental
marked the second time the event was
The 8th Asian Automotive
Research Institute using a life cycle assessment (LCA)
technique.
held Japan. Automotive recycling-related
Environmental Forum (AAEF), angroups and people attended representing
international platform for people
Japan, South Korea, China, Malaysia,
involved in Asia related to automotive
NPO-JARA, welcomed participants byAustralia and Mongolia, making the event
recycling, took place on Oct. 1-3 insaying, “I would be very thankful if you
a global platform for sharing information
Akita Prefecture. The three-day event
find your visiting useful. Let’s learn
on how to reduce the environmental
was organized by the non-profit
about the automotive recycling industry
impact, as well as on how to contribute toorganization Japan Automotive
together.”
the realization of a recycling-based
Recyclers Association (NPO-JARA) andOn the second day, a conference wassociety.
attracted about 200 participants fromheld at a hotel in Akita City, whereOn the first day of the AAEF program,
Japan and overseas. At the event,lectures on the latest developments andparticipants visited the Kariwano
various reports of automotive recycling
information were presented from each
recycling plant of Daiko Corporation, inin each country were presented.
group and Toyota Motor Corporation.
Daisen City, Akita, where they wereAAEF has been held every year in
After the conference, a dinner party was
shown the proper steps of proper
held at the hotel, attended by manyautomobile dismantling and recycled
guests, including Akita Prefectureparts production. A demonstration of car
Governor Norihisa Satake, Akita
dismantling using an electric-powered
Automobile Dealers Association
nibbler machine made by Kobelco
Chairman Hiroki Miura, Akita Auto
Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. wasService Promotion Association Chairman
also given. Participants then visited
Kiyosshi Miura, and JU Akita Chairman
Published by SPN Co., Ltd.
Daiko’s headquarters and the base of its
Kanichi
who Bldg.
offeredwords ofJAPAN AUTOMOBILE
RECYCLENETWORKNEWSTokyo Fujiwara,
Head Office: Shinwa
1-2-2-7F
agricultural business, Deco Farm, inNihonbashi, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo,
JAPAN 103-0027
congratulations
for thesuccessful
holding
Katagami
President Goro Domon,Vol. 02 MARCH
Phone: +81 3 3548 3010 / Fax: +81 3 3231 4690
2008 City. http://www.spn-partner.com
of theforum in Akita. (Daily Automotive
who also serves as vice chairman ofFactory tour of proper steps forNews, Oct. 9 issue)

dismantling ELVsJAPAN AUTOMOBILE RECYCLE NETWORK NEWS No.93 NOVEMBER 2015 < 2 >METI, MOE to push for taking
thorough guidance,as airbag resales continue
There seems to be no end to theresale of airbags. Under the Automobile
Recycling Law, airbags taken from
ELVs should be collected and disposed.
Despite that, reporting required under
the law is somehow manipulated, andairbags thought to be those taken fromused cars, can be found for sale on theInternet. Although reuse of airbags is notillegal, automakers and many recycledparts producers exercise self-restraint
concerning such of reuse because theycannot guarantee that such an airbag will
be properly deploy in an accident. MOEand METI see this as question and areplanning to ask local governments to bethorough in providing guidance and in
conducting onsite inspections.
An airbag system consists of an inflator
and a bag, among other components. New
ones come with a price, in the case of apassenger car, of about 45,000 yen fora driver’s front airbag and about 70,000

yen for a front passenger front airbag.
However, such airbags are selling on theInternet for about 20,000 yen to 25,000
yen. The Automobile Recycling Law
requires one of two methods of airbag
disposal for airbags of ELV, --even if
such airbags have never been deployed:
they should be disposed of still attachedto the vehicle as “specified goods forcollection”, or they should be detachedfrom the vehicle and then disposed.
However, it seems that falsified reportingon the number of deployed airbags in
ELVs is enabling the resale of ELV
airbags. According to the Japan Auto
Recycling Partnership (JARP), whichis the designated airbag acceptanceauthority, numerous cases of inappropriate
actions have been disclosed at so-called“airbag remove and collect operators,”
who are not required to be licensed,
unlike “onboard deployment operator,”
who are required to be licensed.

METI's officebuilding, left, andMOE's building,right. both locatedin Kasumigaseki,
Tokyo.

Number of dismantlers
down by more than 10%
in FY2014
The number of dismantling businesses
has been declining. According to data
released recently by the Ministry ofEnvironment (MOE) of businesses
registered under the Automobile
Recycling Law, the number ofdismantlers fell by 13.4 percent from ayear earlier to 4,928 as of the end of
fiscal 2014 (March 2015). Of that,dismantlers that reported actualtransactions totaled 3,931. “Manydismantlers (who had no transaction in
the previous year) might not have updated
their registrations as their expiration dates
drew near,” said MOE. This could be anindication of a rightsizing in the actual
number of dismantling businesses.
In terms of the total number oflocations of businesses registered under
the law, including fluorocarbon collection
facilities and shredding operations(pressing, shearing and shredding), thenumber declined 13.4 percent to 53,316
locations. By recycling step, acceptancebusinesses fell by 15.3 percent to 35,814
locations. Fluorocarbon recovery
businesses also declined by 7.7 percent to11,455 locations, while shedding
businesses fell by 6.3 percent to 1,119.
MOE and the Ministry of Economy,

Proper disposal is required by law forairbags of ELVs.

The law does not apply to the resaleof airbags taken form used vehicles.
It requires disposal of airbags ofELVs because older airbags use toxic
substances, in addition to the risk of
explosion during vehicle shredding.
The stance of Internet auctioneers isthat responsibility lies with the seller
and buyer. Many airbags are put up
for auction in the name of individuals,
making if difficult to identify the business
entity of the sellers.
Not only do airbags sometimes makethe difference between life and death,they are precise components that require
only 0.2 seconds from the point of impact
to deployment. The risk in their reuse issimply too high. For both manufacturers
and recycled parts networking companies,changing the mindset of sellers such
airbags, who just want to make easy
money, as well as that of buyers, who aredrawn in by the low prices, seems will
become an issue that needs to be tackled.
(Daily Automotive News, Sept. 24 issue)

Trade and Industry see the reason for thedecline being that many dismantlers did
not update their registrations, even when
they expired in fiscal 2014.
Meanwhile, according to the Japan
Automobile Recycling Promotion Center(JARC), ELV acceptance businesses
almost halved to 27,202 locations,suggesting that the reduction may be due
to other factors. The automotive recycling
industry is facing hard times due todifficulty in ELV acquisition andlowering market prices for scrap steel andother resources. More than a few
recyclers have begun to experience
difficulties in making ends meet, soweaker companies are beginning todisappear. (Daily Automotive News Oct. 8issue)

JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RECYCLE NETWORK NEWS No.93 NOVEMBER 2015 < 3 >コベルコが提案する新しい考え方
1979年世界初の自動車解体機の発売以来、30年以上にわたって金属リサイクル分野で常にリードし、環境負荷の低減に貢献してきました。
マルチ解体機
使用済み自動車の解体以外にも廃家電などの金属製機器の解体およびさまざまな複合廃棄物の解体・分別作業が可能です。

New ideas comefrom KOBELCO
Since launching the world’s first car-dismantling machine in 1979,
KOBELCO has continued to take the lead in the metals recycling industry.
For over 30 years, we have contributed to reducing environmental impact.
Multi-Dismantling Machine

Car-Dismantling Machine

In addition to dismantling end-of-life cars,Multi-Dismantling Machine can break down
various metal products and equipment
such as used household appliances andcan separate and sort various composite
material wastes.

Car-Dismantling Machine efficiently
separates and sorts raw materials in
end-of-life cars and is able to recoverrare earth metals.

http://www.kobelco-europe.com/
http://www.kobelco-kenki.co.jp/

新构想源于神钢
1979年世界第一台汽车拆除机发售以来，
30多年来一直引领金属再生领域，在降低对环境压力方面功不可没。

http://www.kobelco-usa.com/

새로운 발상은KOBELCO에서
1979년 세계 최초로 자동차 해체기를 출시한 이래,30여 년에 걸쳐 금속 재활용 분야에서 항상 앞장서서환경 부하 저감에 공헌해 왔습니다.

多功能拆除机汽车拆除机멀티 해체기

不仅可以拆除不再使用的汽车，还可以可快速进行报废汽车内素材的分类作业，용도 폐기된 자동차의 해체 외에도 폐가전제품 등 금속제 기기의

拆除废家电等金属制机器以及各种复合

能够回收稀金属资源。

해체 및 다양한 복합 폐기물의 해체 • 분리작업이 가능합니다.

废弃物品的拆除、分类作业。

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