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07 Dec 2005 - France
Recycling carbon fibres from the composite industry
In partnership with the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), the Rhone-Alpes Materials Agency (ARAMM) and industrialists from the composites sector, Compositec launched the Recycarb project, which focuses on recycling carbon fibres from composite industry waste, at the beginning of October 2005.
Most of the waste generated by the use and manufacture of carbon-based composites is currently disposed of in authorised landfill sites. European regulations now limit such landfilling and require that industrial companies consider recycling solutions. Carbon fibres contained in composites are valuable products that are worth recovering for other uses. Recycling processes have already been identified and tested within the scope of the Recycomp project, which aims at reusing thermosetting composite waste and more specifically fibreglass-based waste.
The Recycarb project intends to continue work initiated as part of the Recycomp project and help implement recycling schemes for carbon fibre produced by the composite sector. The project includes the following stages:
- Evaluation of the tonnage of carbon fibre-based waste produced by the composite industry on both a French and European level,
- State of the art of recycling solutions designed for such waste,
- Continuation of the tests launched during the Recycomp project for carbon fibre recycling processes.
Companies from the composite sector will be asked to contribute to the evaluation of the waste tonnage and will be sent a questionnaire. Information provided by each company will remain confidential and only the overall results will be communicated.
Depending on the conclusions of the Recycarb project, additional work will be launched – in partnership with the industrialists concerned – on specific recycling solutions and outlets for recycled carbon fibres.
The Recycarb project already counts about ten industrial partners: all companies interested have until 31 December, 2005 to join the project.
Source : ARAMM, Compositec
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