China’s recycling potential of large-scale public transport vehicles and its implications

• Published in: Communications engineering Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 56 - 8
• Main Authors: Xiong, Xin, Zeng, Xianlai, Zhang, Zhengyang, Pell, Robert, Matsubae, Kazuyo, Hu, Zhaoji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 07.08.2023; Springer Nature B.V; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/158; 704/172; Aircraft; Aluminum; Ecology; Economic growth; End of life; Engineering; GDP; General aviation; Gross Domestic Product; Industrialized nations; Manufacturing; Neodymium; Obsolescence; Per capita; Public transportation; Recycling; Transport vehicles; Upgrading; Vehicles; China

Transport infrastructure allows society to function. Such systems continuously improve through manufacturing transformation and technology upgrading. However, its metabolism mechanism of material degradation and quantities from consumption to obsolescence remains unclear. Here we estimate the recycl...