Status on the Recycling of Automotive Carpeting

970149

02/24/1997

Event
International Congress & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
EcoPlus Automotive Carpet Systems, are used in trunks, on floors, for throw in mats, and more and contain many different thermoplastics polymers in various forms. New technologies are being developed to recycle complex carpet systems. One system has been evaluated at the Vehicle Recycling Partnership using a “remelt’ recycling process which can be used on a wide variation of thermoplastic materials, or blends of thermoplastic materials. The remelt process takes normally incompatible thermoplastic polymers and makes them compatible in a homogenous mix. This proprietary process yields a useable plastic. Plastic made from automotive carpet systems can be used to manufacture new automotive parts or other plastic articles of commerce.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/970149
Pages
10
Citation
Duranceau, C., Golovoy, A., and Backenstow, D., "Status on the Recycling of Automotive Carpeting," SAE Technical Paper 970149, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/970149.
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Published
Feb 24, 1997
Product Code
970149
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English