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SUSTAINABILITY: Covestro, Neste and Borealis collaborate to #recycle tires into #automotive parts #Covestro, #Neste and #Borealis have signed an agreement to recycle discarded tires into high-quality #plastics for the automotive industry. This collaboration aims to enhance #circularity in the plastics value chain and automotive applications. “This project can serve as a blueprint when it comes to establishing circularity in the field of plastics in cars,” explained Jeroen C. Verhoeven, VP of value chain development for #polymers and chemicals at Neste. “It shows how low-quality waste materials can be turned into very high-quality plastics. This is good news for the polymers and automotive industries as well as for the environment.” Dr. Guido Naberfeld, senior VP, head of sales and market development mobility, Covestro, said, “We are creating options to turn old tires into new car parts again. With that, we are supporting our automotive customers and addressing an increasingly prominent question discussed across the value chain: How to match high-performance materials with recycled content? Projects like this can be the answer.” “We are demonstrating the importance of value chain cooperation to give new value to waste,” said Thomas Van De Velde, senior VP of base chemicals at Borealis. “We are proud that Borealis, in collaboration with Neste, is able to play a role in this project, providing more sustainable solutions for polymer applications for Covestro and its customers.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ehMFdFe4 #Automotive #Interiors #AutomotiveInteriors #AutomotiveIndustry #AutomotiveDesign #AutomotiveInteriorsDesign #Design #Engineering #Manufacturing #Technology #Transportation #AutoIntExpo #AutoIntExpoNovi

#IndustryNews Transformation of used tires into new components for cars is being pioneered by Neste, Borealis, and Covestro Neste, Borealis, and Covestro are partnering to recycle old tires into high-quality plastics for use in the automotive industry. The goal of the project is to promote circularity in the plastics and automotive industries. Used tires are chemically recycled into base chemicals, then processed into pure polycarbonates. These can be used in various car parts from headlamp components to radiator grilles. https://lnkd.in/eKMC7yQQ #Borealis #Neste #recycling

SUSTAINABILITY: Covestro and partners collaborate on car-to-car #plastic #recycling Materials manufacturer #Covestro is collaborating with partners from across the automotive value chain on the concept of car-to-car closed-loop plastics recycling. The initiative is a response to the challenges of plastic waste management within the auto industry. In a joint pilot program initiated by German federal enterprise Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Covestro and its collaborators aim to establish closed-loop pathways for high-value plastics sourced from end-of-life vehicles (#ELVs). 王丽Lily Wang, global head of the engineering plastics business entity at Covestro, said, "By leveraging our collective strengths and resources, we are confident in our ability to build a closed-loop for #automotive plastics recycling, thereby reducing waste and #carbonemissions at the source while improving resource use efficiency. Through this joint program, we aim to expedite the automotive industry’s transition toward a more climate-neutral and #sustainable future." Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dGVAWhRi #Automotive #Interiors #AutomotiveInteriors #AutomotiveIndustry #AutomotiveDesign #AutomotiveInteriorsDesign #Design #Engineering #Manufacturing #Technology #Transportation #AutoIntExpo #AutoIntExpoNovi #GACS

Evonik contributes to make the automotive industry more sustainable and greener! 🚗♻️ There are about 200 kilograms of plastic in each car. About 20 kilograms of this are polyurethane foam. The automotive industry is facing the great challenge of recycling the materials. Currently, only 19% of plastic from discarded cars is recycled. Evonik Polyurethane Additives is now participating in the RACE project (Recycling Automotive Plastics in a Circular Economy, 2024-2027) to recycle up to 75% of plastics from cars and turn waste into valuable resources. This initiative with project partners goes beyond recycling and aims to create a sustainable infrastructure that makes it profitable and efficient to reuse these materials. Better sorting, decomposition and recycling of mixed automotive plastics is expected to lead to significant CO₂ reductions and will help the automotive industry comply with the upcoming strict EU regulations. Evonik will contribute its expertise in the development of PU additives based on renewable materials for car seats and dashboards, which are easier to recycle. 🚗♻️ #Evonik #Sustainability #REcycling #Cars #Autmotive #Polyurethanes

This is a very exciting example of circularity! Once again Showing that a circular economy can only work if all parties in the value chain work closely together. Thomas Van De Velde SVP BU Base Chemicals of #Borealis, Dr. Guido Naberfeld SVP for the Mobility segment of #Covestro and myself are holding a fully transparent poly carbonate lens for a headlamp of a car. Who would have imagined it would be possible to turn used car tires into such a high quality, high end (or should I say front end) application? With Chemical Recycling it becomes possible! The possibilities are endless! #Neste #circularity #circularplastics #chemicalrecycling #sustainability #advancedrecycling https://lnkd.in/e-wae4bW

Covestro recycles Chinese auto plastics ♻ • German plastics producer Covestro is stepping up its collaboration with Chinese automakers and recycling firms to reuse end of life plastic automotive components, as vehicle scrappage in the world’s largest vehicle market continues to grow strongly. • With the support of German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Covestro recently launched a pilot scheme involving local automakers including NIO and Volkswagen and Shenzhen recycling company GEM to develop localised plastic waste processing and recycling methods. • The project followed proposals by the European Commission (EC) last year to make it mandatory for new vehicles sold in the EU to contain a minimum of 25% recycled plastic materials by 2030, of which 25% would need to come from recycled automotive plastics. This would also affect vehicles imported from China. • Covestro head of mobility sales and market development, Dr. Guido Naberfeld, said: “The purpose of the pilot project is to examine and address the pain points of the recycling process in the automotive value chain which will pave the way for future scale up considering the impact of upcoming regulatory demands like the European end of life vehicle directive currently under review.” • The company wants to recycle polycarbonate components such as headlamps to produce new automotive interior and exterior trim parts, including instrument panels, seating and spoilers. • The initial stage of the pilot project will recycle plastics from 100 vehicles, with a view to optimising processes and reducing greenhouse gases emitted during the recovery and recycling processes. #covestro #plastics #recycle

Challenges and Opportunities for the Circular Economy In July 2023, the EU Commission proposed new rules to revise regulations on the #reuse, #recycling, and recovery of #vehicles. The updated EU End-of-Life Vehicles Directive, currently under review, mandates that new vehicles approved in the EU must include at least 25% recycled plastic content. Of this, 25% must come from #plastics recycled from end-of-life vehicles, equating to 6.25% of the total plastic in the vehicle. “In order to fulfill this required recyclate quota, essentially all large plastic parts in and around the vehicle must be made with recyclate or recyclate content, for example bumpers, sills or trims,” explains Georg Grestenberger, Application Marketing Manager – Automotive Interior at Borealis Polyolefine GmbH in Linz. Polypropylene, which makes up about a third of plastics in cars, will play a key role in achieving these targets. At PIAE this year, Grestenberger demonstrated how recycled post-consumer polypropylene (PP) can be used for high-quality car interior applications. “Borealis has taken a major step towards the circular economy with the so-called "advanced mechanical recycling,” he notes. The first series production projects were planned for 2024.

Moving ahead together! Read more about how Borcycle M, our advanced post-consumer recycled PP improves sustainability & circularity in automotive interiors - many thanks to Plastivaloire and Stellantis for pioneering with us

Herbold Meckesheim has been thinking about the circular economy from the very beginning. When the special machine builder offered its first solutions for plastics recycling some 40 years ago, not everyone understood its mission. Today, a world without plastics recycling is hard to imagine – and certainly not the future. From the very beginning, Herbold Meckesheim's recycling solutions also took into account the life cycle of the machines themselves. They should not only contribute to a functioning circular economy, but also be part of it. #sustainablepackaging #recyclability #packagingmachinery #sustainability #circulareconomy #recycledmaterials #resourceefficiency #plastic

🌍 Driving Towards a Circular Economy in the Automotive Industry 🚗 In 2023 alone, 94 million new vehicles were produced globally. Plastic is the second most used material in vehicles after metal, with an average car containing 150-200 kg of plastic. The demand for lightweight materials in low emission vehicles is expected to increase the percentage of plastic in vehicles. This makes it all the more important that recycled and recyclable plastics are used, as required by upcoming laws such as the End-of-life Vehicles Regulation and the European Green Deal. Transitioning to circularity in the automotive industry presents challenges due to stringent safety, quality, and performance standards. However, real use cases demonstrate that technology can meet these requirements. For instance, #tide ocean material®#tide ocean material® and Motherson Innovations developed an instrument panel using mechanically recycled ocean-bound polypropylene, proving that large plastic components in automobiles can be replaced without compromising quality and safety. This project earned the 2024 Sustainability Award powered by STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play in Stuttgart, Germany. Read our article to find out more about why the automotive industry needs to go circular! 🌿🔄 #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #AutomotiveIndustry #Recycling ♻️ #GreenDeal #Innovation #TideOceanMaterial #Motherson #CondorGroup #SustainableFuture