Abstract
The best way to reduce automotive plastic waste is to recycle used plastic parts into new parts. To accomplish this, Isuzu has been working on establishing a "Recycle Loop" which is feasible both technologically and economically. The Loop includes the processes of 1) increasing the ratio of polypropyrene (PP) in plastic materials for automotive parts, 2) decreasing the number of PP grades, 3) recovering used PP parts from the market, 4) reprocessing the used PP, and 5) developing mass production molding processes for the recycled PP. The current status of Isuzu's Recycle Loop is described in this report with the focus on our JKB-Recycled Board project.