Suppliers Partnership, Automotive Industry Action Group release guidance for automotive recycled content

Suppliers Partnership, Automotive Industry Action Group release guidance for automotive recycled content
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The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP), Washington, and the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), Southfield, Michigan, have published a guidance document called “Measuring Recycled Content of Automotive Products.” The document outlines industry-supported definitions and a straightforward approach for measuring recycled content of automotive products consistently with approaches outlined in other standards.

“As we continue forward in our aspiration to maximize the use of sustainable content in vehicles, we decided to pull together a team of automakers and suppliers to develop straightforward common definitions of key terms related to the topic of sustainable materials,” says Reeshemah Howard, the sustainability mission leader for General Motors. “[The goal is] to minimize duplication of efforts and promote consistent approaches in communications with suppliers, sustainability reporting and measuring industry progress.”

The document covers definitions such as regrind, rework, postindustrial and postconsumer. It also highlights what sources of material recycled content may have, including recovered material, material that’s gone through a different process and the recycled portion of purchased raw materials.

The guidance document was produced through a collaborative process by the SP Materials Efficiency Work Group. Members include automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) like Ford Motor Co., General Motors, Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, Stellantis, Toyota Motor North America and their suppliers, in collaboration with the AIAG.

“Striving to eliminate waste and optimize the use of sustainable materials in automotive operations and products is a key priority for our member companies,” says Kellen Mahoney, program director for SP. “While there are established definitions of certain terms related to the topic of sustainable materials, we have found that a range of different definitions and interpretations of such terms may be in use across the industry today and feel there is an opportunity for the automotive industry to take the lead in promoting further alignment in this area through its supply chain.”

SP and AIAG recommend automotive companies reference the definitions and processes outlined in this guidance. SP and AIAG plan to release a companion guidance document outlining a common process for measuring the renewable content of automotive products.

According to SP and AIAG, the document is a simple representation of a complex system and intended for illustrative purposes only. It will not answer all questions a company may have. However, it is intended to provide a common industry-supported framework to determine recycled content.

The guidance document is available here for free. 

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Source: Recycling Today
Suppliers Partnership, Automotive Industry Action Group release guidance for automotive recycled content
<![CDATA[The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP), Washington, and the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), Southfield, Michigan, have published a guidance document called “Measuring Recycled Content of Automotive Products.” The document outlines industry-supported definitions and a straightforward approach for measuring recycled content of automotive products consistently with approaches outlined in other standards. “As we continue forward in our aspiration to maximize the use of sustainable content in vehicles, we decided to pull together a team of automakers and suppliers to develop straightforward common definitions of key terms related to the topic of sustainable materials,” says Reeshemah Howard, the sustainability mission leader for General Motors. “[The goal is] to minimize duplication of efforts and promote consistent approaches in communications with suppliers, sustainability reporting and measuring industry progress.”The document covers definitions such as regrind, rework, postindustrial and postconsumer. It also highlights what sources of material recycled content may have, including recovered material, material that’s gone through a different process and the recycled portion of purchased raw materials. The guidance document was produced through a collaborative process by the SP Materials Efficiency Work Group. Members include automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) like Ford Motor Co., General Motors, Honda Development & Manufacturing of America,…