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Sustainable Vehicles with Recycled Plastics
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Materials and Production, Polymers, Fibres and Composites.ORCID iD: 0009-0008-8699-7425
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Materials and Production, Polymers, Fibres and Composites.ORCID iD: 0009-0008-9220-0187
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The production of vehicles is one of the most resource-intensive industries. 10 % of the overall consumption of plastics, 6 million tonnes/year is used by the European vehicle industry1. Increase the use of recycled plastics in vehicles is one of the key challenges for sustainable transformation of the vehicle industry as it plays an important role in saving resources and reducing greenhouse emissions. The main goal of this project was to contribute to increased use of recycled plastic in the Swedish vehicle industry. Volvo Cars goal is that 25 % of the plastic used in cars should be recycled or biobased by 2025. The goal will most probably be reached according to Volvo Cars. Volvo group has the goal to be fossil neutral, which requires recycled material in the truck components. The recycled plastics evaluated in the project came from both post industrial waste (PIR) and post consumer waste (PCR). Rondo Plast, Polykemi, Albis, Mocom, Biesterfield, Borealis, Sabic, Total and LG Chem have supplied recycled and virgin plastics tested in the project. The plastics we have focusing on in this project were polypropylene (PP) plastics (homo- and copolymer) and PC/ABS plastic compounds. Thus, these plastics are most used in vehicle components and recycled PP plastics are more accessible than the other plastics that can be used in vehicles. Analysis and evaluation of recycled plastics have been performed by RISE. Also, long term ageing and recyclability studies have been performed. A study to upgrade PP plastic recycled from packaging (PCR) with additives from DOW and Rondo Plast were performed.

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2023. , p. 85
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-71547OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-71547DiVA, id: diva2:1834796
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Project report: SVE-REP.

The project "Sustainable Vehicles with Recycled Plastics (SVE-REP)" has been financed bythe innovation program RE:Source, managed by the Swedish Energy Agency. The projectstarted in August 2020 and ended in May 2023. RISE has managed the project. A numberof companies in the vehicle industry and plastic industry have been partners andcontributed with work in the project. The companies are Volvo Car Corporation, VolvoGlobal Truck Technology, Plasman, KB Components, Albis, Biesterfield, DOW Europe andRondoplast.

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