Vehicle Recycling Partnership

The auto industry has estabbshed a cooperative program in the field, the Vehicle Recycling Partnership (VRP). In addition, some auto manufacturers have announced specific projects that include recycled mbber. Chrysler has announced that it is already using a mbber shield that incorporates cmmb mbber derived from scrap tires. Auto manufacturing companies have indicated a desire to expand the use of recycled post-consumer scrap mbber in their products. 

VCR volume compression ratio VRP Vehicle Recycling Partnership... 

Vehicle Recycling Partnership of USCAR, 1000 Town Center Building, Suite 300, South-field, Ml 48075, wvtw.ascar.org. 

MBA Polymers, Inc., American Plastics Council, Vehicle Recycling Partnership, unpublished results. 

The US LCI tool can help US companies integrate LCA into business plans and environmental analysis for new products and services. The US LCI tool can provide LCI data for many US manufactured processes and provide an expanded database of LCI information. The US LCI tool had contributions from the US Department of Energy, US General Services Administration, US Environmental Agency, US Eorest Service, US Navy, US Green Building Council, American Chemistry Council (ACC), Athens Institute, CORRIM, Eranklin and Associates, Institute for Environmental Research and Education, Portland Cement Association, Sylvatica, and Vehicle Recycling Partnership of USCAR. 

The automotive industry uses significant volumes of recycled plastics in the manufacture of automotive parts. The Vehicle Recycling Partnership (VRP), part of United States Center for Automotive Research (USCAR) [113], is a precompetitive coalition of US automakers and was established to conduct collaborative research to develop the technical and economic feasibility of vehicle recycling in North America. The Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) represents the recyclers that serve the automotive industry [114]. The automotive industry has, in the past, specified minimum recycle content requirements to their suppliers. Although biobased plastics appear to be the current media focus, recycled plastics are used to help control costs and maximize profits. 

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