Jaguar Land Rover to start using recycled products for interiors

The next-generation Jaguar and Land Rover models will now feature floor mats and trims made with ECONYL fiber from recycled industrial plastic, fabric offcuts from clothing manufacturers, fishing nets from the farming industry, and ghost nets abandoned in the ocean. 

This is just another step in Jaguar Land Rover's Destination Zero Mission, emphasizing the company's commitment to designing sustainable luxury interiors using responsibly sourced and recycled materials, helping to make environments safer and cleaner while offering customers a premium, sustainable option.

The ECONYL regenerated nylon, created by Aquafil - a global leader in the synthetic fibers industry, has already been used by high-end fashion, sportswear and luxury watch brands to create fashion items such as handbags, backpacks, swimwear and watch straps.

The nylon waste is collected by Aquafil from all over the world. In a single year, the company recycles as much as 40,000 tonnes of waste. Aquafil's recycling process reduces the global warming impact of nylon by 90 per cent compared with the material produced from oil.

According to the company, for every 10,000 tonnes of ECONYL raw material produced, 70,000 barrels of crude oil are saved and 65,100 tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent are avoided.

The nylon waste then goes inside state-of-the-art treatment centers where it is analyzed, treated and prepared to be processed and fed into a chemical plant, where the it is broken to its original raw material using a chemical treatment process known as depolymerization. The raw nylon material is then turned into the yarn known as ECONYL.

The resulting ECONYL regenerated nylon polymer has the same chemical and performance characteristics as raw fossil material, which allows it to be processed into a fiber for carpet and flooring, as well as textiles.