Study on the CO2 reduction effect through development of End-of-Life railway vehicle recovery treatment system

초록

Since railway consumes less energy and has lower CO2 emissions than other modes of transportation, it is recognized as highly sustainable and environmentally friendly transportation mode. However, the railway industry is currently being challenged to improve its sustainability, not only in operation, but in manufacturing and disposal of old equipment. Railway vehicles have a lower recovery rate than road vehicle. This is mainly due to the difficulty of applying eco-design method, recovery-conscious design, to railway vehicle compared to the car. Moreover, the facility is not available. To meet the recent requirement of sustainability and low carbon and green growth, this project is to establish a recovery system for various railway vehicles in South Korea. This project will run from 2010 to 2015. The ultimate goal is to improve the sustainable level of the railway industry for whole life cycle performing at the end of life stage. The successful indicators will be measured and presented as recovery rate of railway, amount of waste landfill, virgin material acquisition minimization and finally total amount of CO2 emission reduction.