Nissan's Goals for the Resource Cycle
Demand for natural resources such as metals and oil is skyrocketing in response to the rapid economic growth of emerging countries. In addition to promoting reduced use of virgin natural resources through resource-saving and resource-recycling measures, it is becoming important to procure natural resources that have a lower impact on the Earth's ecosystems, not only from the standpoint that these resources are limited, but also considering the wide-ranging effects that resource extraction has on ecosystems.
Nissan has targeted 100% resource recovery for end-of-life vehicles (ELVs), while also promoting design centered on the vehicle life cycle, waste reduction, and other such resource-saving measures.
In addition to continuing these activities, we will promote expanded use of recycled materials to reduce ecosystem degradation and reliance on virgin natural resources, doing our utmost to contribute to the development of a sustainable society.
Philosophy of the Global Nissan Recycling Way
The Global Nissan Recycling Way is an action guideline for the things we must always remember when considering and implementing recycling. The Recycle Vision expresses our ultimate goal of a society that achieves a 100% recovery rate *for end-of-life vehicles. To achieve this ultimate goal, there are issues that need to be resolved in all processes of a vehicle's life cycle. We divide this life cycle into four broad phases of development stage, production stage, Sales and service stage and end-of-life stage, and are working to identify and resolve key issues using the three Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle).
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- Activities in the Development Stage
- Results of Activities in the Development Stage
- Activities in the Production Stage
- Service Activities at Dealerships
- Activities in the End-of-Vehicle-Life Stage
- Application of Recycled Material
- Compliance with Regulations Related to Automobile Recycling
- Creating Partnerships
