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Automotive Plastics Recycling Pilot

Sector: Chemical (Industrial) • Location: Europe and China

Source: IndexBox

Project
Completed Pilot Phase

A collaborative pilot project involving eight companies to recycle plastics from one hundred end-of-life vehicles through dismantling, shredding, and sorting operations. The pilot demonstrated technical feasibility but commercial viability is yet to be established. The project aims to address the global challenge of automotive plastic waste by developing economic viability models and conducting ex

Status
Prospective
Sector
Chemical (Industrial), Manufacturing (Industrial), Automotive, Commercial
Location
Europe and China
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
IndexBox

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The project “Automotive Plastics Recycling Pilot” is an infrastructure initiative in the Chemical (Industrial) sector, located in Europe and China. Taiyo aggregates data on it from IndexBox.

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completed pilot phase

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Prospective

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2026-07-22

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A collaborative pilot project involving eight companies to recycle plastics from one hundred end-of-life vehicles through dismantling, shredding, and sorting operations. The pilot demonstrated technical feasibility but commercial viability is yet to be established. The project aims to address the global challenge of automotive plastic waste by developing economic viability models and conducting experiments on automation, chemical recycling, and design for recycling.

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Recycling

Location

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Europe and China

Source

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IndexBox

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Sector

Chemical (Industrial), Manufacturing (Industrial), Automotive, Commercial

Article published date

2026-04-12

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