EARTH SUMMIT+5 Special Session of the General Assembly to Review and Appraise the Implementation of Agenda 21 New York, 23-27 June 1997 SUCCESS STORIES FROM ITALY

	200 Collection Centres
	Location	200 collection centers in different regions of Italy.
	Responsible organization	FIAT Auto - DAPI
	Description	System for the demolition and environmentally sound recycling of cars at the end of their life cycle.
	Issues addressed	Organization of networks of demolition and easy dismantling centres, use of secondary materials, agreements with users, economic equity.
	Objectives	To recover growing quantities of materials from scrapped cars, in addition to the metal parts normally recovered; To limit the quantity of scrapped materials; To guarantee ecologically sound processes.
	Results achieved	Over 200,000 cars treated; over 5,000 tons of materials recovered: windows, bumpers, seat foams, etc. used to manufacture car components, underlay carpets, bottles, etc..
	Lessons learned	It is possible to recover and reuse an increasing quantity of material, increasing the international standards and targets.
	Financing	Investment to demolition firms and users of recovered materials.
	Contact	Mr. Paolo Scolari, FIAT Auto, DAPI Corso Agnelli 200 Torino - Mirafiori - Italy Tel.: (+39 11) 6834 866