ASR Recycling Rates

How well automotive shredder residue is treated varies sharply by region, and the divider is not technology but policy and landfill economics. Where disposal is constrained and recovery is mandated, the residue is processed; where it is not, it is buried.

Japan sits at the leading edge. Scarce land and a binding recovery framework made residue processing a necessity, which is why commercial gasification capacity — including Klean’s reference plant — took root there decades ahead of many other markets.

What Separates the Leaders

Europe follows on the strength of its end-of-life vehicle targets, which force the residue onto the recovery ledger. The divide between leaders and laggards is consistently the same two variables: how expensive landfilling is, and how firmly the regulatory target is set.

Regions where landfilling remains cheap and regulation loose continue to bury residue that the leaders process. That gap is not a technology gap — it is an economics-and-policy gap waiting to close.

The Convergence Underway

The direction across regions is one-way: toward treatment. As disposal costs rise and targets tighten, the residue-processing route that is proven in Japan and Europe becomes the default everywhere — and the operators who adopt it early claim the feedstock advantage.

Learn More About the Leading-Edge Model

• Automotive Shredder Residue Gasification Plant
• Solid Waste Recycling
• What Is Gasification?
• Feasibility Studies

Partner With The KleanTeam to Join the Leading Group

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Klean Industries helps operators in any region move ahead of the curve on shredder-residue processing, applying the proven gasification model that leads in Japan and Europe.

Klean’s Key Advantages:

• ✅ An operating ASR gasification reference plant treating up to 20 t/h of shredder residue.
• ✅ Thirty-plus years engineering commercial gasification and waste-to-energy plants.
• ✅ 3 recovered carbon black (rCB) plants built in India over the past 2 years.
• ✅ KBR added Klean’s proprietary TyreNova technology to its IP portfolio.

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