# PAMELA Project

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The **Process for Advanced Management of End-of-Life Aircraft (PAMELA) Project**, initiated in 2006, is an enterprise set up by [Airbus](/source/Airbus) at [Tarbes Airport](/source/Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es_Airport) in Southern France, with the aim of recycling aircraft parts. The project was initially supported by the [European Commission](/source/European_Commission); they later partnered with the waste management company [SITA](/source/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Industrielle_des_Transports_Automobiles), Sogerma Services and EADS CCR.[1]

## Goal

The project's ultimate goal is protecting the environment. Instead of letting old passenger aircraft deteriorate in airport perimeters or in "[boneyards](/source/Aircraft_graveyard)", 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.[1]

## References

1. Burchell, Bill. ["Recylcling Aircraft"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120223114843/http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=om&id=news%2Fom206pam.xml). [Aviation Week](/source/Aviation_Week). Archived from [the original](http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=om&id=news/om206pam.xml) on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

## External links

- [Aircraft end of life?](https://web.archive.org/web/20101224014749/http://www.airbus.com/en/corporate/ethics/environment/eco-efficiency/end-of-life/)(archive) [airbus.com](/source/Airbus.com)

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