Chrysler Begins New Recycling Initiatives

Date: March 21, 2002

Source: News Room

The Chrysler Group of DaimlerChrysler AG is experimenting with a process it says will make it easier to recover and recycle plastic from junked vehicles and turn it into new vehicle parts. The automaker estimates using recycled plastic could save $10-$20 per vehicle. The key element to the program is using a new, proprietary technology developed by Salt Lake City-based Recovery Plastics International, which separates the different types of plastic found in automotive shredder residue in landfills. So far, the process has been successful at separating eight of the 25 varieties of plastic representing 80 percent of the plastic used in a vehicle.

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