What will the interior of a fully circular 2035 vehicle look like? As circularity ecosystems evolve, low value interior waste streams can become monetisable material assets within reverse logistics loops. New business models incentivise recovery, and advances in design methodologies and material architectures improve both recyclability and reuse potential. Closed loop interior materials must still meet stringent performance, safety, and aesthetic requirements - from durability and fire performance to VOC limits and surface quality - to ensure acceptance by manufacturers and, ultimately, customers.

• How to make circularity economically viable and attractive to the customer (e.g. consumer acceptance of recycled interiors)
• Realising the value in waste components: textiles, foams, polymers, adhesives, composite disassembly
• Understanding the business models which enable flowbacks (reverse material loops back to manufacturers)
• Developing recycling technologies: collaboration & infrastructure for closed-loop material recovery
• Post-consumer, post-industrial & chemical recycling