TotalEnergies and French auto components firm Plastic Omnium are to partner on the design and development of new plastic materials made from recycled polypropylene for use in automotive parts.
Credit: Plastic Omnium
Credit: Plastic Omnium
The recycled content of the new plastic materials will be from 20% to 100% and will be sourced from industrial and domestic waste streams. TotalEnergies said that using these materials will "have a CO2 impact as much as six times lower than using virgin materials", though it did not specify whether the recycled component will be only mechanically recycled plastics or also contain some chemically recycled plastics.
The use of plastics in automotive bodywork plays a key role in cutting the automotive industry’s carbon emissions. They make it easier to improve aerodynamic performance and reduce the overall weight of vehicles, which in turn reduces the amount of fuel used by internal combustion vehicles.
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Senior Vice President, Polymers at TotalEnergies, Valérie Goff, said the partnership was part of the company's plans to produce 30% recycled and renewable polymers by 2030.
Stéphane Noël, President and CEO of Plastic Omnium Intelligent Exterior Systems, said: "Recycling plastic materials is a challenge to us as manufacturers and a vital issue for our planet. This exciting partnership paves the way to providing responses that are better integrated and more environmentally friendly, reflecting our customers’ and suppliers’ carbon neutrality goals. This is absolutely central to a strategic partnership that seeks to support the far-reaching transformation the industry is currently undergoing.”
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