The solvent based process allows engineering plastics, which are valuable for automotive production, to be separated, purified and recovered from the plastic mixture from end-of-life vehicles.

In the project, the recycled plastics are optimized with regard to their mechanical properties, which are demanding for the automotive market. The recyclate obtained is compounded with virgin material and additives to produce a recyclate with a high PCR content. We are developing suitable processes and evaluation methods to meet the high requirements for processability and odor emissions for reuse in vehicle interiors.

The Volkswagen Foundation's "Circularity with recycled and biogenic raw materials" funding initiative supports practical research approaches that aim to achieve closed raw material product cycles. We are implementing the project entitled "Closing the loop of complex post-consumer waste of end-of-life vehicles (ELV) to high quality automotive interior applications - Interior Loop" together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP.