Automotive Circularity

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Plastic Makers Applaud DOE Funding to Boost Electric Vehicle Supply Chain
Plastic Makers Applaud DOE Funding to Boost Electric Vehicle Supply Chain

This week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced funding for “electric vehicles, batteries and connected vehicle projects.” The American Chemistry Council issued the following statement, which may be attributed to Joshua Baca, ACC’s vice p...

Automotive Circularity
Automotive Circularity

Circularity reflects the concept of using plastics (or any resource) more efficiently by keeping them in use for as long as possible and then reusing them to make new products. This not only reduces waste – it also reduces the need to extract virg...

Transitioning Toward a Circular Economy for Automotive Plastics and Polymer Composites

The transition toward a circular economy for industrial goods will require the automotive industry and its suppliers to rethink the ways that vehicles and their materials are designed, constructed, used, and handled at end of life. The automotive ...

New Report Reinforces Industry Commitment Toward Greater Circularity for Automotive Plastics
New Report Reinforces Industry Commitment Toward Greater Circularity for Automotive Plastics

The report outlines the progress many of America's Plastic Makers® have already made in moving the needle toward circularity for automotive applications. It reviews nearly 50 product and process innovations that increase the circularity of automot...

Life Cycle Assessment of Polymers in an Automotive Bolster

This report describes the environmental impacts by life cycle stage, as well as the total difference in impact of each comparison product to the baseline product. The life cycle stages included in this LCA study address the production of upstream ...

Life Cycle Assessment of Polymers in an Automotive Assist Step

This report describes the environmental impacts by life cycle stage, as well as the total difference in impact between the two assist steps. The life cycle stages included in this LCA study address the production of upstream materials and energy, ...