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Dacia is compliant with Renault's policy on sustainable development. In 1998, Dacia was issued the ISO 9001 certification for its quality management. In 2005, the company received the ISO 14 001 environement certification, renewed in 2008.
Recycling – everyone’s business
In most European Union Countries, carmakers and car importers have the legal obligation to collect out-of-use cars with a help of a well organized network. In its turn, Dacia set up its own such network, whereby out-of-use cars owners can choose one of the Dacia car collect centres for their old Dacia models. A list of car collect centres is available on the Dacia and Renault internet sites in each country. Romania has one Dacia certified collect centre in each “judet”. There are five such centres in Bucharest.
Recycling is an essential part of a car’s life cycle. Drawing from Renault’s expertise in the field, Dacia plays an active role in recycling used vehicles and reducing waste. Research has been done to find the most efficient methods to demount end-of-life cars and reuse waste resulted from dismantling. Efforts are being made towards a strategy aimed at improving the way recycled materials and components are used. Throughout the recycling process, the car undergoes an extraction process of: - materials that can be recycled or used as energy sources - reusable parts - a percentage of residual waste that will be stored in special centres
- Lead from batteries is used to make other batteries. - Used oil is retreated and used as fuel - Tire rubber can be reused to make sound-proof walls or can be turned into an energy source - The windscreen and the glass can be reused for glass fibre or even glass - Steel is reused for industrial or construction purposes - Aluminium serves at making new wheel rims or engines
- Reuse : for second-hand spare parts - Material reuse : reusing an element as raw material or as a second-hand spare part - Energy reuse : elements used as energy sources
Dismantling out–of–use cars is an important stage of the recycling process; its level of accuracy makes it possible to reuse dismantled parts and components. According to European norms on out-of-use vehicles, all carmakers have the legal obligation to provide information on their car dismantling process and on the location of all dangerous substances that have been used. Dacia follows this requirement and has successfully joined some other 20 carmakers in this respect, by having published the information on a common electronic system – The International Dismantling Information System. For more details, see www.idis2.com .
Simple gestures for a sustainable development Each driver can make a personal contribution that will help protect the environment. During the maintenance stage of a car’s life cycle, a few simple gestures will make the difference: - The oil and the used or changed parts must not be thrown with the domestic waste. Batteries, philtres and other parts will be stored with a specialized collect body. - Certain used parts can be reused, stored or changed at a Dacia certified/ acknowledged centre, where all such parts will be transformed or recycled. In this respect, the parts concerned are : - batteries - tires - oils - oil philtres, air philtres, as well as empty oil bins or bins filled with used oil.
A car’s life cycle A car’s life cycle is Dacia’s best way to express its vision on implementing a sustainable development policy. From a car’s design stage to its life-end, the sustainable development policy is levered at three levels: economic profitability, social welfare and environment protection. The life cycle of a car resides in the following stages: 1) The design stage: the birth of a car
All five stages make out what is called a car’s life cycle, where the protection of the environment plays a very important role. Dacia created its own environment protection policy, according to Renault Group’s procedures and norms. As a result, Dacia implemented the environment protection management, which can be subject to auditing. Dacia’s environment protection management progressively applies management instruments and standards available in the Renault Group, with the purpose to reduce the impact on the environment. - An environment management system according to the ISO 14001 standard - Creating a reference environment management framework to create a 10-year perspective on the evolution planned for the industrial plant in Mioveni; launching new car projects or upgrading industrial installations - Investments aimed at reducing the impact on the environment at the source : since 2003, Dacia has used installations to minimize liquid waste resulted from mechanical processes - Periodical external and in-company inspections - Training the employees : a training programme aimed at fighting soil pollution, special training programmes for jobs involving a high risk of exposure to pollution - In-company communication campaigns via the “Ecoton” magazine and external communication campaigns meant to draw up an “Environment Declaration” addressed to the public and to residents around Dacia’s industrial platform in Mioveni - Reports on environmental issues drawn up by an external body and addressed to the Renault Group
To acknowledge Dacia’s efforts towards protecting the environment, the SGS Bucarest independent body issued the ISO 14001 certification for environment management, in July 2005. In October 2008, the ISO 14001 certification for the Dacia plants was renewed.
Investments and environment protection on the industrial platform in Mioveni From 2000 to 2009, a total of over 17 million Euros were invested in the industrial activities on the platform, in order to preserve natural resources, to treat used waters, soils and air and to treat waste resulted from the manufacturing process. 5.8 million Euros were invested in treating used waters, 1.8 million Euros in soil protection, 2.4 million Euros in treating waste, 4.9 million Euros in treating the air and 2.6 million Euros in the saving of natural resources. More concretely, with the help of these investments, the CO2 emission level on Dacia’s industrial platform decreased by 87% per manufactured vehicle during the last eight years. The water consumption level fell by 97.22% and the consumption of electricity was reduced by 86.57%. During the same period, the quantity of dangerous waste decreased by 72.28%.
« Dacia eco² », the customer and environment - friendly solution The eco2 signature acknowledges that all Dacia vehicles are compliant with Renault Group’s long term strategy that started in 2006. The Group’s target at the time was to rank among the first three car makers in the world in terms of low CO2 emission levels. Originally introduced on Renault’s range of models, the eco2 signature guarantees that the car fulfils three criteria protective of the environment: a CO2 emission level inferior or equal to 140 g/km; the car has been manufactured in an ISO 14 001 certified plant; 95% of the car’s mass can be recycled at the end of the car’s life cycle, and at least 5% of the plastic material can be recycled. The vehicles wearing the eco2 signature are already a part of Dacia’s model range in Romania. 95% of all Dacia cars can be recycled, while containing 5% of recycled plastic. All plants on the industrial platform in Mioveni were issued the ISO 14 001 certification. As for the CO2 emissions, the following models in the range meet the eco2 conditions:
Sandero dCi 70 120g CO2/km Sandero dCi 85 120g CO2/km Logan dCi 70 120g CO2/km Logan dCi 85 120g CO2/km Logan MCV dCi 70 140g CO2/km Logan MCV dCi 85 137g CO2/km Logan Pick-up dCi 70 140g CO2/km Logan Pick-up dCi 85 137g CO2/km Logan Van dCi 70 140g CO2/km Logan Van dCi 85 137g CO2/km
The Logan eco2 Concept The Logan eco2 Concept is a prototype that has been exhibited on the Dacia stand at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. On the occasion of the Bibendum Michelin Challenge in Shanghai (2007), the Logan eco2 Concept proved that “economical” and “ecological” were not exclusive of each other and did not limit a car’s potential for performance. As a result, the Logan eco2 Concept displayed only 71 g of CO2/km (combined cycle) thanks to optimized and simple technical solutions. The Logan eco2 Concept’s low CO2 emission level was due to a series of different factors: - changes of its Cx ratio, which have contributed to reducing CO2 emission by 5g/km - optimized onboard energy consumers, which lead to a 4g/km – decrease of the CO2 emission level and a less frequent battery charging - improved front and rear trains, which resulted into a 3g/km –decrease of the CO2 emissions - changes brought to the powertrain triggered a reduction by 11g/km of the CO2 emissions More, the dashboard displays a meter indicating the optimum moment of changing gears. All these technical solutions applied on the experimental Logan eco2 Concept will open the way to new environment-friendly technologies applied on the future Dacia models.
Recommended links: Automobile Dacia was issued the ISO 14 001 certification on 13 September 2005 The Logan eco2 Concept (photo)
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