THE PICSAR PROJECT AIMS TO INTEGRATE SIMULATION TOOLS AND DEVELOP ADVANCED MODELS FOR INTEGRATED PRODUCT AND PROCESS DESIGN OF AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS. IN ORDER TO REALISE THESE APPLICATIONS, FOLLOWING THE DRIVER OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ADOPTING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY, THE PICSAR PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP ADVANCED COMPOUNDS USING POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED POLYOLEFIN PLASTICS, WHICH NOTORIOUSLY CAUSE NUMEROUS PROCESS PROBLEMS DUE TO THE — HIGH VARIABILITY‘OF PROPERTIES’ AND THE EMISSION OF ODOURS.