'Race' recycles old aircraft in an environmentally friendly direction

Two aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing are racing to find their old aircraft 'recycling' garbage dumps' in an environmentally friendly manner since public opinion strongly opposes a Boeing 747. the old was dismantled and thrown away indiscriminately on a wasteland in Scotland two years ago.

According to the "Wall Street Journal", experts are gradually setting up the process of dismantling the old aircraft in the most reasonable way. So far, the common technique is to first remove the usable parts. This is considered the most profitable activity in the process of recycling " aircraft garbage ".

In one case, an A310 after being dismantled, its engines were auctioned online for $ 1.6 million. Calculating a total of about 1,500 details on this aircraft sold for about $ 4 million. Due to the strict regulations of the European Union (EU) on environmental protection, the work of dismantling aircraft requires the participation of experts in waste management and under strict supervision.

Bartin recycling company, founded by Boeing in France, said it could recover up to 90% of its raw materials from the old aircraft. However, officials at Airbus said that if using current technology, only about 60% can be recycled, although they hope by 2015 it will be able to recycle up to 95% of the old aircraft. .

In April 2006, the Old Aircraft Recycling Association (AFRA) was established. Currently AFRA includes 23 companies that can recycle 150 old aircraft each year.

According to statistics, in Western countries, the number of old aircraft not allowed to operate also accounts for a large proportion. In 1997, there were about 1,400 units, accounting for 8.3% of the aircraft of these countries and increased to 3,500 in 2003. Thanks to the operation of the old aircraft dismantling facilities, in 2007, this figure withdrew. down to nearly 3,000 units. In the next 20 years, there will be about 7,000 passenger aircraft expired in the world.

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