Recent Advances in the Chemical Recycling of Polyurethane Foam from End-of-Life Vehicles: A Review
Aleksi Modebadze, Vladimír Sedlařík · 2026
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Aleksi Modebadze and Vladimír Sedlařík review the chemical recycling of polyurethane foam from scrapped cars in this 2026 paper. The soft foam fills car seats, headrests, and sound insulation, yet almost none of it is recovered. Because the foam is a set thermoset, it cannot be melted down and reused like a simple plastic.
Two routes exist: grinding the foam for reuse, or breaking its chemical bonds to recover a liquid building block called polyol. Most progress so far used mattress and factory scrap, not car foam. The review weighs the quality of the recovered material, its use in new foam, factory practice, and European rules.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Aleksi Modebadze, Vladimír Sedlařík |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 52 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |