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Maruti Suzuki has taken steps to control the use of Substances of Concern (SoC) in its mass production vehicles. The implementation of the International Material Data System (IMDS) will enable the company to quantify recoverable and recyclable materials in its cars. It has been used on the new WagonR and soon all Marutis will be 95% recoverable and 85% recyclable.



IMDS keeps track of the materials used in automobile manufacturing. The data is collected, maintained, analyzed and archived and facilitates meeting the End of Life Vehicles (ELV) obligations set by national and international regulations, which limit the use of lead, hexavalent chromium, mercury and cadmium, etc. and promote recycling and recovery of materials.

Maruti Suzuki is also working with its vendor partners to set up SoC management systems.

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The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. on Monday said it has started controlling its use of substances of concern like lead and mercury in its mass production vehicles. With the implementation of International Material Data System, the company will be able to meet international norms and quantify recoverable and recyclable materials in its vehicles, MSI said in a statement.

The company has initiated the practice with the recently launched WagonR and it will progressively continue for all future models, it added. WagonR and all upcoming models would be minimum 95 percent recoverable and 85 percent recyclable, MSI said.

"We are taking a pro-active step and voluntarily putting in place global mechanism for controlling hazardous substances in our vehicles," MSI Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kenichi Ayukawa said. With implementation of globally accepted IMDS system, the company will be ready to comply with end-of-life vehicles regulations when they're launched in India, he said.

Using IMDS, data related to materials used for automobile manufacturing are collected, maintained, analysed and archived. It facilitates meeting the ELV obligations placed on automobile manufacturers by national and international standards, laws and regulations.

An ELV-compliant vehicle aims at limiting the use of substances such as lead, hexavalent chromium, mercury and cadmium, among others, in vehicles. It also promotes recycling and recovery of materials used to manufacture a vehicle. The auto major said it is also closely working and supporting its vendor partners to establish an efficient substances of concern management system as well.

Source : https://www.bloombergquint.com/busin...ls#gs.dAafsopR

[Sutripta]

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Where exactly is mercury used in a modern automobile?

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Originally Posted by Sutripta

Where exactly is mercury used in a modern automobile?

Didn't know myself, so googled it...

There's a lot of what i guess are very outdated mentions of mercury switches (eg. for triggering the light under the hood).

But this bit caught my eye:

The bulk of mercury releases occur when contaminated steel, recovered from scrap automobiles, is melted in electric arc furnaces (EAFs). The study estimates that EAFs emit 15.6 metric tons of mercury each year, which is more than all manufacturing sources combined. Automobiles are likely the single largest source of mercury-contaminated scrap. The report finds that EAFs are not only the largest manufacturing source of mercury air emissions in the US, but the fourth largest overall—behind only coal-fired power plants (utility and commercial/industrial boilers), and municipal waste incinerators.

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Wonder how Maruti plans to police the supply chain?

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Sutripta