The Future is NEUTRAL, innovating in the circular economy

The Future is NEUTRAL, subsidiary of Renault Group and SUEZ is the first circular economy automotive company in Europe, serving all players in the automotive industry with a comprehensive offering: recycled materials, reused parts, and responsible end-of-life treatment services for cars and batteries. Through its operating subsidiaries and partners, the entity acts on the entire vehicle lifecycle: supply, production, usage, refurbishment, and end of life. The Future is NEUTRAL develops a closed-loop circular economy on an industrial scale, from car to car.

“The Future is NEUTRAL is the only company in Europe to offer competitive solutions dedicated to the automotive circular economy, for all stakeholders. COLLECTING, DISMANTLING end-of-life vehicles, REUSING, REMANUFACTURING, RECYCLING parts and materials to REINTRODUCE them into the automotive life cycle: this is NEUTRAL’s strategic mission. Our competitive approach to the circular economy will ensure that in the future we can continue to rely on cars produced in Europe to get around, guaranteeing our sovereignty without depleting the planet. The values shared by the 600 employees of our group are competitiveness, innovation, sovereignty and, of course, the environment.”

Grégoire de Franqueville
CEO The Future is NEUTRAL

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The activities of The Future is NEUTRAL

By recycling parts and materials from the 12 million cars that reach the end of their life every year in Europe, The Future is NEUTRAL supports the needs of the automotive industry throughout the vehicle lifecycle, from production to recycling.

Procurement

Working with The Future is NEUTRAL, car manufacturers and their suppliers are able to include recycled materials in the production of new cars and parts. Recycled in a closed loop from end-of-life vehicles, these materials include plastic, copper, platinum, rhodium and palladium, through our subsidiary GAIA. In the future, nickel, cobalt and lithium will also be recycled to make lithium-ion batteries. Steel and aluminium are recycled from production offcuts through the subsidiary BOONE COMENOR METALIMPEX.

Usage

The Future is NEUTRAL extends the life of cars. Our subsidiary GAIA repairs electric vehicle batteries and supplies repaired, refurbished, or remanufactured parts, such as combustion, electric and hybrid engines, as well as electronic parts such as navigation systems, with the support of experts from THE REMAKERS.

End-of-life

The Future is NEUTRAL, through its subsidiary INDRA and POLLINI GROUP, recovers accident-damaged or end-of-life vehicles to depollute, dismantle, and extract valuable parts and materials. Functional parts are given a new life. The materials are sent for closed-loop recycling to be reintroduced into the manufacturing of new cars.

The Future is NEUTRAL ecosystem

The Future is NEUTRAL spans the entire value chain of the automotive circular economy through its network of experts, subsidiaries, and partners:

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GAIA

Expert in materials recycling, battery repair, and second-life automotive parts. Find out more.

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INDRA AUTOMOBILE RECYCLING

A major industrial player in automotive recycling in France. Find out more.

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BOONE COMENOR METALIMPEX

Specialist in the collection, sorting, and recycling of metal waste for the industrial sector, serving the automotive industry. Find out more.

THE REMAKERS

European leader of automotive parts remanufacturing. Find out more

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THE FUTURE IS NEUTRAL

The only company in Europe to offer competitive circular economy solutions to all players in the automotive sector: a unique and open model. En savoir plus.