Toyota Develops First Technology to Recycle Scrapped Car
Shredder Residue to Produce Soundproof Products

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announced today that it has developed the world's first technology to sort and extract polyurethane foam and fabric granules from scrapped car shredder residue. The sorted material is used to mass-produce motor-vehicle soundproof products in the form of a mat lining. Shredder residue, conventionally disposed of in landfill sites, is the mixture of resin, rubber, and textile remaining after a car body is scrapped and the metal content removed.