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Japan's new plan to tackle automotive textile waste

Insights

• The $**+ billion automotive textiles market continues to expand.
• Most materials end up as waste due to poor recovery from end-of-life vehicles.
• Automotive shredder residue (ASR) remains a major recycling bottleneck, wasting recoverable textiles and plastics.
• The new BlueRebirth Council aims to close the loop via robotic dismantling and digital traceability.