MINI & the Environment

What is a MINI’s life cycle?

The BMW Group (Including MINI UK) has chosen the tools "Design for Recycling" and "Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)" for the integration of environmental and recycling requirements into the product development process.

Design for Recycling ensures that after its useful lifetime a BMW Group vehicle can be recycled simply and economically. To achieve this, recycling requirements are taken into account in the product development process. The result: current BMW Group vehicles can be recycled economically and almost completely.

Life Cycle Assessment is more comprehensive. It evaluates the ecological impact of new component concepts and bodywork variants over their entire product life cycle. From the extraction of raw materials and the manufacturing process to vehicle utilization and recycling all environmental impacts are analysed. The aim is to identify among the development alternatives those that offer the greatest potential for increasing environmental compatibility throughout the entire life cycle of the vehicle.

 

Remember, We want to save the environment so we can enjoy the planet we live on and what better way than with a MINI Convertible on a fantastic country drive. Below is a list of the top ten best roads as voted by hundreds of UK MINIsters:

  • The A466 through the Forest of Dean, Wye Valley
  • The Dalby Forest Drive through the North Yorks Moors
  • The drive to the Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloustershire
  • Ten miles of the A595 through the Duddon Valley, Cumbria
  • Cwmcarn Forest Drive in Caerfilli, South Wales
  • Aberfeldy, Loch Tay and Glen Lyon, in Perthshire taking the A827 and the B846
  • Dukes Pass, a fantasic 10 miles drive through the heart of the Trossachs
  • 15 miles of unclassified roads from Cannich to Glen Affric in the Highlands
  • From Crief to Stathearn, Perthshire
  • The four mile drive through Hamsterley Forest, County Durham

Dukes Pass

Dukes Pass

 Enjoy!!