Japan turns old cars into new resources — but could it work in T&T?
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October 12, 2026
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DAREECE POLO
KITAKYUSHU – Japan’s automotive recycling industry is turning end-of-life vehicles into valuable industrial resources, but Trinidad and Tobago’s automotive dealers say the economics could make such a model difficult to replicate at home.
This was revealed during a tour of Kitakyushu last Tuesday, a city at the forefront of Japan’s environmental and industrial development, where manufacturing has increasingly been paired with technologies designed to reduce waste and recycle resources.
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