“Walking on Automotive Waste? - Plastic Recycling Opportunities for Waste Automotive Materials in the Footwear Industry Sector” 981162
This paper demonstrates the possibilities of using Automotive waste plastic material from “end of life” vehicles (ELVs), in the Footwear Industry to manufacture shoe components. The study establishes the sustainability of the flow of ELVs, from the European Car Parc and identifies and estimates the quantity of plastic materials potentially available for recycling from ELVs.
Four potential materials, Acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene (ABS), Polypropylene (PP), Polypropylene/ethylene/propylene/diene (PP/EPDM) and Polyamide (PA), were identified and three materials (PP, PP/EPDM and ABS) were reprocessed from ELV components and evaluated by the Footwear Industry. As a result, ABS was recommended as an economically, suitable replacement for HIPS, the current material used for manufacturing shoe heel components.
A market analysis highlighted that there is currently more ABS potentially available from ELVs, within the European car parc, than the current European demand for HIPS needed to manufacture shoe heels.
Citation: Hollis, P., "“Walking on Automotive Waste? - Plastic Recycling Opportunities for Waste Automotive Materials in the Footwear Industry Sector”," SAE Technical Paper 981162, 1998, https://doi.org/10.4271/981162. Download Citation
Author(s):
P. M. Hollis
Affiliated:
Motor Industry Research Association, Nuneaton, UK
Pages: 7
Event:
International Congress & Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Design and Manufacture for the Environment-SP-1342
Related Topics:
Market research
Plastics
Recycling
Sustainable development
Manufacturing processes
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