Smart Technologies for Waste Processing from the Automotive Industry

ABSTRACT
The monograph presents the results of the scientific research activities of UNIVNET – University and Industrial Research and Education Platform of the Recycling Society. The monograph summarizes the results of activities in assessing the condition, forecasting the generation of waste and developing new technologies for the material and energy recovery of selected types of waste from the automotive industry.
The content of the monograph is fully in line with the European Union's waste management policy, which is aimed at reducing the negative impacts of waste on the environment and human health, while at the same time effectively increasing the recovery of waste in the form of secondary raw materials and energy. The transition to a circular economy requires changing entire value chains, from product design to new business and market models, including new ways of turning waste into resources to changing consumer behaviour. It presupposes a complete systemic change and innovation not only in technology, but also in organisation, society, funding methods and policy formulation.
The Slovak Republic is currently facing many environmental challenges. We have problems with air quality, low waste recycling rates, but also with the protection of ecosystems. The basic vision, defined in the Strategy of Environmental Policy of the Slovak Republic up to 2030, is to achieve a better quality of the environment and a sustainable circular economy.
The monograph is divided into eight logically consecutive chapters. The individual chapters are devoted to the analysis of waste quantities, treatment capacities, forecasts of waste change in connection with the advent of electromobility, preparation of waste for reuse, design of technology for the recovery of glued laminated glass, recycling of metal-bearing waste from accumulators, development of sound and thermal insulation materials from waste, recycling of rubber, rubber and plastics, and finally options for energy recovery of waste. Several of the solutions presented are original solutions of the authors of the monograph and are subject to their copyright in the form of patents.
The monograph provides the necessary information on the state and problems of waste management in the automotive industry and is an inspiration for those who are engaged in minimizing and recovering waste from their production, operation and processing of old vehicles.

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ABSTRACT
The monograph presents the results of the scientific research activities of UNIVNET – University and Industrial Research and Education Platform of the Recycling Society. The monograph summarizes the results of activities in assessing the condition, forecasting the generation of waste and developing new technologies for the material and energy recovery of selected types of waste from the automotive industry.
The content of the monograph is fully in line with the European Union's waste management policy, which is aimed at reducing the negative impacts of waste on the environment and human health, while at the same time effectively increasing the recovery of waste in the form of secondary raw materials and energy. The transition to a circular economy requires changing entire value chains, from product design to new business and market models, including new ways of turning waste into resources to changing consumer behaviour. It presupposes a complete systemic change and innovation not only in technology, but also in organisation, society, funding methods and policy formulation.
The Slovak Republic is currently facing many environmental challenges. We have problems with air quality, low waste recycling rates, but also with the protection of ecosystems. The basic vision, defined in the Strategy of Environmental Policy of the Slovak Republic up to 2030, is to achieve a better quality of the environment and a sustainable circular economy.
The monograph is divided into eight logically consecutive chapters. The individual chapters are devoted to the analysis of waste quantities, treatment capacities, forecasts of waste change in connection with the advent of electromobility, preparation of waste for reuse, design of technology for the recovery of glued laminated glass, recycling of metal-bearing waste from accumulators, development of sound and thermal insulation materials from waste, recycling of rubber, rubber and plastics, and finally options for energy recovery of waste. Several of the solutions presented are original solutions of the authors of the monograph and are subject to their copyright in the form of patents.
The monograph provides the necessary information on the state and problems of waste management in the automotive industry and is an inspiration for those who are engaged in minimizing and recovering waste from their production, operation and processing of old vehicles.