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Each year, an estimated 11 million vehicles are scrapped in the United States, generating some 2.5 billion pounds of discarded automotive plastics. The commercial recycling of post-consumer automotive plastics is currently limited to polypropylene battery cases. While some automotive plastic parts such as tail lamps, fenders, bumper covers, wheel covers, and interior trim are reused, the majority of automotive plastics is landfilled. Increasing public pressure is forcing the automotive and related industries to find new ways to divert the plastics away from disposal and into productive uses. In its response to this issue, the American Plastics Council (APC), a joint initiative with The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI), commissioned the “Automotive Plastics Recovery and Recycling Research Project”.