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Environmental
protection
Trend-setting technology
When dev eloping and manufac turing your
vehic le, Vauxhall used environment-
friendly and pred om inantly recyc la ble
materials. The production methods used to
mak e y our v ehicle are likewise
env ironmenta lly compatible.
Recycling of production wastes keeps the
circulation of material closed. Reduction of
energy a nd water requirements a lso help s
to conserve natural resources.
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A highly advanced design m eans that your
vehicle can be ea sily disassemb led at the
end of its service life, and the individual
materials sep arated for subsequent re-use.
Materials such as a sbestos and ca dmium
are not used. The refrigerant in the
electronic air conditioning system is C FC -
free.
New painting techniques employ wa ter as
a solv ent.
The pollutants contained in exhaust gas
are reduced in the case of both petrol and
diesel engines.
As a Vaux hall driver, you can mak e a
major contribution to protecting the
environment:
z Sa ve fuel when driving. The previous
section gives you many valuable hints.
z Be conscious of the env ironment when
driving. The follow ing section gives y ou
some further v alua ble hints in this
reg ard.
End-of-life ve hicle recovery
Information on end-of-life vehicle recovery
centres and the recy cling of end-of-life
vehicles is ava ila ble at www.Vauxhall.com.
Environm ent-conscious driving
z High noise lev els and exhaust emissions
are often a result of driving without due
attention to the env ironment.
z Reduce the noise level and exhaust
emissions by adopting an env ironment-
conscious d riv ing sty le. This is extremely
worthwhile and improves the quality of
life.
"Jac krabbit" starts, i.e. screeching the
tyres and revving the engine, can
increase the noise level up to four times
over.
Select the next higher gear as soon as
possible. A vehic le travelling at 30 mph
(50 km /h) in second gear causes just as
much noise as three vehicles d riv en at
30 mp h (50 km/h) in fourth gear.
Warming up
z Driv ing at full throttle and warming up at
idle speed increases fuel consump tion,
increases the a mount of emission and
the proportion of pollutant in the
ex haust, and a lso generates noise.
z Driv e off imm ediately after starting.
Engine speed should be moderate until
the eng ine has reached opera ting
temperature.
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