Over in Japan, Mazda has begun recycling scrapped bumpers from end-of-life vehicles (ELV) to obtain raw material for use in new vehicle bumpers. The new technology is initially being used to make rear bumpers for the Biante minivan.
Conventionally, bumpers from cars destined for scrapping are processed into automobile shredder residue (ASR) and incinerated to recover heat energy. The new process will yield approximately 10% of material for each new bumper produced. For starters, the company is collecting bumpers from end-of-life Mazda vehicles in the Hiroshima area to obtain the necessary.
With bumpers comprising a large proportion of plastic, collecting and recycling ELV bumpers is expected to make a significant contribution to reducing waste and loss of resources, and the company says that the cost of recycling is less than the cost of purchasing new plastic. A case of ashes to ashes, bumper to bumper, indeed.
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i will say this:
EXORA! LOL
Now this is a design mess…just like recycled toilet paper!
take from Exora model…? lol… If not copy, but the look actually similar to Proton MPV. One word.. UGLY.. =.=’
do a bit of research please, this car has been there longer than the exora…
ugly…exora more better
So Malaysian cannot get those recon bumper from chopped shops anymore.
very ugly. who want to buy this?
canot tahan its front !!! it’s so ugly !!!
Wow.. So ugly i’m about to cry
Holy shit I love that design! The headlamps! Tres awesome.
Nah.. malaysia will probably keep the chopped junk rather than to ship them across the sea for recycling.