The Process for Advanced Management of End-of-Life Aircraft (PAMELA) Project, initiated in 2006, is an enterprise set up by

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at Tarbes Airport in Southern France, with the aim of recycling aircraft parts. The project was initially supported by the

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; they later partnered with the waste management company

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, Sogerma Services and EADS CCR.

Goal

The project's ultimate goal is protecting the environment. Instead of letting old passenger aircraft deteriorate in airport perimeters or in " boneyards", aircraft will be decommissioned and recycled. Airbus estimates that more than 4,000 aircraft will finish active service between 2004 and 2023, a rate of over 200 aircraft per year, and that between 85% and 95% of their components can easily be recycled, reused, or otherwise recovered.

References

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External links

Aircraft end of life?
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