INNOVATION | WEEE AND ELV
announced its intention to spearhead the concept of car-to-car closed-loop plastics recycling. Under a joint pilot program initiated by German federal enterprise GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Interna- tionale Zusammenarbeit), Covestro and its partners aim to establish closed-loop pathways for high- value plastics from ELVs. “The automotive industry stands as one of the
most resource-intensive sectors globally, yet the potential of high-value plastics from ELVs remain largely untapped,” said Martin Hofmann, Cluster Head in charge of Climate, Energy, Environment and Biodiversity at GIZ. “I firmly believe that GIZ and our partners can forge a path towards the transition to a sustainable, circular economy.” MBA Polymers has launched an initiative to
recycle car bumpers into high quality polymers for use in the automotive industry and started up a dedicated processing line at its site in Wimblington, UK. By receiving bumpers from authorised treatment facilities, insurers, and garages, as well as accessing feedstock from ELV recyclers, the company can recycle bumpers directly rather than reclaiming the polymers after a shredding process, and so enables it to explore improved performance grades. Paul Mayhew, General Manager, said: “We believe that recycling the bumpers before the end-of-life vehicle recycling process will allow us to harness the intrinsic properties of the material and produce a high-per- formance polymer to go back into visual exterior parts. This will help car manufacturers as they face up to the implications of the EU’s ELV Directive [and] provide a new sustainable route for this material.” In June Stena Recycling announced the launch
of Europe’s first complete and scalable value chain for the reuse and recycling of EV batteries which is being established at Stena’s new battery manage- ment facility in Ausenfjellet, Norway, in collabora- tion with the technology company EV HUB with a total investment framework of NOK 100m (€8.4m). When fully operational the facility, set to be
completed later this year, will be able to handle up to 3,000 tonnes/yr of high-energy batteries, equiva- lent to 6,000 - 8,000 individual units. The project includes the development of advanced infrastruc- ture, AI algorithms for assessing battery health, innovative disassembly and diagnostic methods, and a modular battery storage bank. Ragnhild Borchgrevink, CEO of Stena Recycling, said: “This project focuses on both the reuse and recycling of electric car batteries and will help reduce the carbon footprint and promote a circular economy.”
CLICK ON THE LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION: �
https://euric.org �
www.eea.europa.eu �
https://recyclass.eu �
https://enva.com �
www.weee.co.uk �
www.volutiongroupplc.com �
https://stadler-engineering.com �
https://weeeswiss.ch �
https://immark.ch �
https://weee-forum.org �
www.coolrec.com �
https://en.hamos.com �
www.soren.eco �
https://mgg-recycling.com �
www.compucycle.com �
www.ottokrahn.group �
www.ivv.fraunhofer.de �
www.iwu.fraunhofer.de �
www.mocom.eu �
www.covestro.com �
https://en.gem.com.cn �
www.giz.de �
www.mbapolymers.co.uk �
www.stenarecycling.com �
https://evhub.no �
https://plast2bcleaned.eu �
www.elix-polymers.com �
www.bsh-group.com
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