The new Nissan Rogue sets pace for Nissan's recycling efforts

The new 2021 Nissan Rogue is breaking new ground as the Nissan's first global model built using a 'closed-loop' recycling system for aluminium parts.

The system helps reduce CO₂ emissions compared with using parts made with primary alloys from raw materials. It also promotes the use of materials that don't rely on newly mined resources, as well as the reduction of waste from factories.

The bonnet and doors of the 2021 Rogue are stamped from aluminium alloy, a material that reduces vehicle weight and helps improve fuel efficiency and power performance. The model is built in Kyushu, Japan, and Smyrna, Tennessee.

To support the process, Nissan has collaborated with Kobe Steel, Ltd. and UACJ Corp. in Japan, and Arconic Corp. and Novelis Inc. in America. At the core of the closed-loop recycling system is a large pneumatic conveyance system. As the bonnets and doors are stamped into shape, scrap material is shredded and extracted, keeping aluminium grades separate.

The separation ensures that Nissan can return high-quality scrap to suppliers. The suppliers turn the separated and reprocessed aluminium scrap into aluminium alloy sheets and redeliver them to Nissan for use in production.