Automotive · VerdiFLX™ B50A
B50A runs on the injection moulding equipment you already have. Same moulds, same cycle times, and notched impact strength several times that of unfilled virgin PP. 50% post-consumer recycled content, from waste nobody else can process.
The problem you have been handed
The EU agreed end-of-life vehicle rules in December 2025 requiring recycled plastic content in new vehicles - 15 to 25% depending on the category. The UK and India are moving the same way. Every OEM now has a number to hit and a date attached to it.
The problem is upstream. Automotive-grade recycled polypropylene that actually passes spec is scarce, and most of what exists is blended with virgin to get there. We started somewhere else entirely: metallised multilayer plastic, currently burned in cement kilns, which means the feedstock is not competing with anyone.
Where it goes
Four families of part, from the ones a driver touches to the ones nobody sees. Everything here sits inside our science team's exclusion list, and anything borderline goes to Dr. Lokanathan before we quote it.
Interior
Door panels · Pillar covers · Glove box · Sun visors · Centre console
From aesthetic to performance, soft-touch finishes, UV resistant. Ten recycling cycles with no measurable property loss in our own testing.
Under-bonnet
Air intake ducts · Battery covers · Cable clips · Coolant housings
Thermally stable. The notched impact strength holds through vibration and heat cycling without fracturing.
Dashboard
HVAC vents · Instrument cluster · Storage covers · Trim rings
Dimensional stability, and a melt flow index of 13 fills complex thin-wall geometry consistently.
Two-wheelers & mobility
Tank covers · Fairings · Mudguards · Seat backs · Instrument bezels
India builds around 20 million two-wheelers a year and almost none carry audit-ready recycled content at volume. Well-known brands are in active material exploration with us.
Structural safety-critical parts, and anything on our science team's exclusion list. Borderline parts go to Dr. Lokanathan before we quote. We would rather lose the line than put a material somewhere it does not belong.
We supply the pellet. Your existing supplier relationships, moulds, assembly, painting and finishing all stay exactly as they are.
Head to head
Notched Charpy is the number that decides whether a part survives the drop test, the thermal shock and the vibration cycle that cause warranty failures. Full values on the TDS.
| Property | Virgin PP (unfilled homopolymer) | VerdiFLX B50A |
|---|---|---|
| Charpy impact, notched 23°C, ISO 179 | 3-8 kJ/m² | 33 kJ/m², up to 10x |
| Melt flow index, ISO 1133 | Standard injection range | 13 g/10min, tuned for complex moulds |
| Tensile modulus, ISO 527 | Standard | Comparable to PP copolymer. No stiffness trade-off |
| Thermal stability, ASTM D648 | Baseline | Equivalent |
| Recycled content, ISO 14021 | 0% | 50% post-consumer |
| Re-recyclability | Degrades earlier, typically 2-3 cycles | 10 cycles, replicated three times in our own lab. Independent validation in progress |
| Carbon, ISO 14044 | +1.8 to +2.0 kg CO₂e/kg | -0.47 kg CO₂e/kg at 5 T/day |
| Traceability | None | Physical, batch level. CSDDD audit-ready |
| Blending to hit spec | n/a | None. Meets spec unblended |
The market reality
| Metric | Typical commercial rPP | VerdiFLX B50A |
|---|---|---|
| Feedstock | Single-layer PP film, PCR bottles, industrial scrap | Metallised multilayer, previously unrecyclable |
| Accounting | Mostly mass balance | Physical traceability, batch level |
| Notched Charpy | Comparable to virgin homopolymer | 33 kJ/m² |
| Batch variance | High | Tight, tested in our own lab |
| Virgin blending | Usually needed to hit auto spec | Not needed |
| Typical end use | Wheel arch liners, battery trays, underbody | Visible interior and under-bonnet |
| The story on the part | "Contains recycled content" | "Made from chip packets. Here is the factory." |
The EU Green Claims Directive and CSDDD are both tightening on mass-balance claims. Physical traceability is turning into the minimum rather than the differentiator.
What it takes
Any standard injection machine. Mould geometry, cooling channels, cycle times and clamp force all stay as they are.
Assembly, painting and finishing are untouched, and your Tier 1 relationships stay exactly where they are.
Recycled content that counts against the EU end-of-life vehicle threshold, with a CSDDD-ready supplier declaration behind it.
Straight into your own characterisation, on your protocol.
Real geometry, your tool, so you are testing a part rather than a plaque.
Production qualification with your supplier, on your line.
Independently tested
Before you ask
No. B50A is a drop-in for virgin injection-grade PP - same moulds, same cycle times, same clamp force.
No. It meets automotive spec unblended, which is the main thing that separates it from commercial rPP.
Structural safety-critical components, and anything on our science team's exclusion list. Borderline parts get reviewed by Dr. Lokanathan before we quote. We would rather lose the line.
Loop two of a three-loop protocol - material characterisation and moulding trials passed. In-vehicle performance testing is in progress. We will not describe that as a completed validation until it is.
Yes. The B50A TDS, the REACH and RoHS reports and the LCA are all available on request, and our science team will walk your engineers through them.
Enough for characterisation, prototype and qualification now. For series production we plan capacity against committed volume, so the earlier we know your number the better we can commit to it.
Yes, physically. We own every step from waste to pellet, each batch carries a certificate, and there is no mass-balance accounting anywhere in it.
Bring the component, the volume and the standard you have to meet. We will tell you honestly whether B50A clears it - and if it does not yet, what would have to change.
With Rohan, and our science team where it helps. Bring the part, the standard and the date you need it by.
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