Abstract: This paper reviewed the recent research progresses in recycling and reusing technologies of commonly used automotive plastics, which included polypropylene, polyethylene, ABS, poly(vinyl chloride) and polyamide. Applications of these technologies in physical recovery of automotive waste plastics were introduced in detail, and some new ideas for the development of recycling and reusing technologies in automotive waste plastics were proposed.

Key words: automotive plastic, physical modification and recycling, high residual value recovery