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Audi is building knowledge to close the loop on materials such as steel, aluminum, plastic, and glass
Markus Duesmann: “It is our goal to reuse as many materials as possible at high quality.”
First project successes: recycled steel to be used in up to 15,000 inner door parts for the Audi A4
With its joint project ”MaterialLoop”, Audi is taking the next step toward closing more material cycles in the automotive...
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One-year pilot operation of glass recycling: joint project between Audi, Reiling, Saint-Gobain Glass, and Saint-Gobain Sekurit started in January
Feasibility of a glass cycle for car windows: research on recycling methods, quality, and process reliability
Recycled plate glass is intended to be used for car windows in the Audi Q4 e-tron series
Faulty car windows often go in the recycling bin when the cracked part ca...
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...that there are up to 45 1.5-liter PET bottles in the seats of an Audi A3? Another 62 PET bottles are recycled for the carpet.
...that the Audi Q4 e-tron has a seat cover made of 45 percent recycled material? The Dinamica fabric looks and feels like suede, but is nearly half recycled polyester. This comes from textiles and PET bottles, for example. By the way, the trunk cover is also made of recycled materia...
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New Audi A3 with sustainable interior concept
Up to 45 PET bottles with a capacity of 1.5 liters used per seating system
Many additional components made from secondary raw materials
The fashion industry produces jewelry, clothes and bags from PET bottles. In addition, more and more furniture is being made from waste material such as paper shreds, plastic bottles and wood chippings. Audi is now offe...