Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., last week released this years progress report on its recycling efforts. Through its extensive recycling efforts, Nissan has already exceeded the targets set under the Nissan Green Program 2010 mid-term environmental action plan.

Nissan’s love of recycling may have been spurred by trying to achieve compliance with the Japan Automobile Recycling Law, enacted on January 1, 2005. The progress report focused on three key areas:

• Automobile Shredder Residue (ASR)ja
• Airbag-related components
• Fluorocarbons (CFCs/HFCs)

Under the Nissan Green Program 2010 action plan, the company plans to accelerate its recycling efforts to achieve an average 95% recovery rate for end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) by FY2010. In Japan, this is four years ahead of the 2015 regulations.

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