![]() ![]() The company wants to increase the use of secondary material where it makes ecological and economic sense. This award is granted by the Deutsches Institut für Service-Qualität (German Institute for Service Quality), the ntv news network, and DUP UNTERNEHMER magazine, sponsored by Brigitte Zypries (retired German Minister of the Economy).Īudi wants to establish additional material cycles in the future. It is an imposition that pays off: As one of three awardees, Audi has been honored with the German Award for Sustainability Projects in the “Recycling Concept” category. The program’s vision is to configure the effects of Audi’s supply chain to be as gentle as possible on people and the environment. The “GlassLoop” project is embedded in Audi’s Act4Impact program for the supply chain. Award winner: sustainability prize for glass recycling Ultimately, using processed glass granulate makes it possible to reduce the need for primary materials like quartz sand. “If we process car windows that can no longer be repaired so that they are suitable for automotive production again, we need less raw material overall and avoid downcycling car windows that can no longer be repaired,” explains Philipp Eder, Project Manager for Circular Economy in the Supply Chain at Audi. From September 2023, the windshields produced in this way are to be used in the production of the Audi Q4 e-tron. The aim is to provide enough cullet to ensure a share of recycled material over the entire production life of the Audi Q4 e-tron - based on the currently planned production figures. The secondary content of the glass produced in this way is up to 30 percent. The partners melt down the glass granulate obtained in this way and feed it into the production process for automotive plate glass. Then all non-glass elements, like glue residue, are eliminated. ![]() Now the process is ready for standard production: first, the car windows are broken up into small pieces using an innovative recycling process. The partner companies spent about a year jointly testing ways to make new windshields for the Audi Q4 e-tron out of defective car glass. Together with Reiling Glas Recycling, Saint-Gobain Glass, and Saint-Gobain Sekurit, Audi’s “ GlassLoop” project is showing how material cycles can be put into serial production. ![]()
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