ROMA – Ensure transparency, avoid illegal circuits and certify the effective transformation of waste into resources. With these objectives, “Cobat Path” was developed a new Certiquality certified software, capable of tracing every component of the vehicles that are being demolished and which allows car manufacturers and car wreckers to guarantee transparency, traceability and safety in the field of end-of-life vehicle management. . For the concept of self-demolition it is a real revolution capable of transforming waste into a resource of the automotive circular economy. An industry that already exists in Italy that can be implemented by making it become a pillar of the country’s “circular economy”, thanks also to the stimulus of the new European directives, given that the EU then reproaches us for not being aligned with the EU target (84 , 2% versus 95% required). In addition, Europe also aims to encourage the reuse of end-of-life vehicle parts as spare parts; strengthen vehicle tracking and accounting systems; incentivize the recycling of waste from crushing plants equipped with the best available techniques, finalizing the disposal or energy recovery to non-recyclable waste only.
The development of the Cobat Route was started 3 years ago, concurrently with the launch of the European directive and following discussions with the associations of car wreckers and car manufacturers. The challenge was to find a universal system capable of communicating with most of the software already used by car wreckers. The solution was therefore provided by Cobat, a company that has been dealing with the circular economy of cars for over 30 years in all the various components, first with lead batteries, now also with tires and new lithium batteries. Path Cobat today allows car manufacturers to have access to data relating to vehicles that are being scrapped and to car wreckers (which, in order to join the platform, are certified by a triple check) to enter the data and components of each incoming vehicle. The certified platform allows you to consult reports, statistics and vehicle cards, as well as have immediate access to the warehouse, both for the single vehicle and the entire spare parts list.
It should also be noted that in its recent report on special waste, Ispra recalled that end-of-life vehicles are an important category of waste, subject to monitoring by the EU. A type in continuous growth and that in 2019 exceeded one and a half million tons of waste produced. The launch of the initiative was attended by Martina Nardi, president of the Productive Activities Commission at the Chamber of Deputies; Tommaso Foti, member of the Chamber’s Environment Commission; Stefano Ciafani, president of Legambiente; Cosimo Franco, general manager of Certiquality and the representatives of the producers’ associations, Luca De Vita, institutional relations area of Anfia and Antonio Cernicchiaro, deputy general manager of Unraee, as well as those of auto-demolition associations such as Car and Ada, with their presidents Alfonso Gifuni and Anselmo Calò. (mr)
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