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AIRPLANE RECYCLING
Last post 08-23-2008 12:17 AM by Jenin. 0 replies.
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08-23-2008 12:17 AM
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Jenin
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- More than 3500 airliners will reach their end-of-life between 2008 and 2025 at a rate of around 200 aircrafts per year.
- The aircrafts are the absolute sources of the valuable metal, ‘Aluminum.’
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80 percent of Aircraft parts are recyclable. Most of the fuselage and
wings of jets such as Boeing 727 is made of Aluminium which can be sold
as scrap.
- Once the engines, landing gear, avionics and components are removed from the aircraft, there is still value in the aluminium.
- This scrapped Aluminium will be later used to manufacture automobile parts including wheels and transmissions.
- Steel, found in the landing gear of planes like Boeing 707, is also relatively easy to recover.
- Recycling composite aircraft materials is trickier than working with raw metals.
- Composites
using lightweight and durable carbon fiber are found more and more in
newer aircraft, and make up half of each Boeing 787.
- Recycled
carbon fiber is being tested for use in tires, paint, industrial
injection molds, and sporting goods such as skateboards.
FACTS:
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According
to Boeing, the largest manufacturer of jet airliners, about 7200
commercial planes including Boeing 737, 747 and Airbus A320, A340
models will be scrapped.
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Boeing,
in 2006 co-founded the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association, with an
aim to expand the airplane recycling rate to 90 percent from about 60
percent today.
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The
lifespan of most commercial airliners is said to be around 30 years.
Most of the airliners used today were born by 1970s and now there is a
jump in the number of planes beyond use. So aircraft recycling will
reach its peak through the next decade.
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