The Chrysler Group’s CARE Car II program aims to increase the recyclability and recovery of automobiles to around 95 percent by weight. Additionally, the program aims to increase the use of recycled materials in production vehicles.
The program is the second phase of Chrysler’s CARE (Concepts for Advanced Recycling and Environmental) demonstration program. The company hopes this program could save the auto industry as much as $320 million a year.
The CARE Car II is the second phase of the Chrysler group's CARE (Concepts for Advanced Recycling and Environmental) Car demonstration program. The goals of the program are to increase the recyclability and recovery of automobiles to about 95 percent by weight and increase the use of recycled materials in production vehicles.
Chrysler Group worked with 26 production suppliers and Recovery Plastics International, to retrofit two Jeep Grand Cherokees with 54 recycled plastic parts. Chrysler Group was the first automaker to use RPI's plastic flotation technology to separate the different plastics found in automotive shredder residue and use the recovered plastic to manufacture new vehicle parts.
The recycled parts meet the same material specifications required for production vehicles and were manufactured by the Chrysler Group's production supply partners. The suppliers used current production molds and processes to produce the parts -- at a lower cost than using virgin plastic. Chrysler Group estimates that the recycled plastic can save $10 - $20 per vehicle.
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