What is SEES?

SEES is an acronym for:

Sustainable Electrical & Electronic System for the Automotive Sector

 

Scope of the Project :

The main objective of this project is to develop sustainable, clean, cost- and eco-effective Electrical & Electronic System (EES) prototypes and dismantling/ recycling processes to increase the vehicle recovery/ reuse rate. In Europe the current vehicle recovery/ reuse rate of 75 % is mainly reached by metal recycling. Considering this state of the art the scientific breakthrough of the project consists of improving the actual end-of-life vehicle recycling scenario to support the achievement of the targets fixed by the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive. The project will support the objectives of the Sustainable Surface Transport Priority providing strategies and processes to clean dismantling and recycling of vehicles. This can be ensured by an experienced consortium covering all the life cycle of the product.

Project:

The SEES project is funded at 58 % by the European Community within the 6 th Framework Programme, Priority 6.2 Sustainable surface transport, Advanced Design and Production Techniques, Research domain 2.5: Strategies and processes for clean maintenance, dismantling and recycling of vehicles Contract No. TST§-CT-2003-506075 , Duration from 1 February 1st 2004 until January 31st 2007.

Partners:

The SEES consortium involves 10 experienced partners (four SME) covering all the life cycle of the product. It includes one car manufacturer, one EES designer/manufacturer, one car dismantler, one car shredder, two EES recyclers,  one plastic recycling research center, two universities, one research centre and one consultant. The consortium covers 5 EU member states.

Outputs:

The main deliverables resulting from the SEES project will be:

• Integrated economic & environmental assessment of automotive EES life cycle 
• Software tools for recyclability assessment and end of life scenarios simulation 
• Eco-design guidelines to improve future designs of car E&E systems 
• New recycling technologies for EES metals and plastics recycling
• Demonstration and application of new dismantling and recycling technologies by product prototyping for assembly and disassembly, including "smart" materials
• Dissemination & exploitation of all SEES results