Member - Composite Recycling
Composite Recycling has developed with the EPFL a process to recover the fibers from composites and make them reusable.
About
Composite materials are great: they are durable, strong, light, cheap.
They are made by combining fibers (glass, carbon, etc.) with resin.
For 50 years, composites have revolutionized a lot of industries: airplanes, cars, boats, computers, wind turbines, etc.
But composites are so durable and strong that at the end of their 40 years useful life, the industry cannot separate the resin from the fiber.
The only way to dispose of them today is to landfill them, polluting soils, or burn them in cement kilns, producing bad emissions.
To solve this problem, Composite Recycling has designed a very energy efficient solution to separate the resin from the fibers.
We use pyrolysis, where we heat the composites without oxygen to prevent combustion. The resin becomes gas and oil, and the fibers are recovered.
Together with the advanced composites lab of the EPFL, we have designed a post-treatment solution that cleans the fibers, so we can reuse them to make new composites, closing the circle.
Headquarters 1024 Ecublens, Switzerland
SDG’s of application
The Sustainable Development Goals are a call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity everywhere.
SDG 6
Clean water and sanitation
SDG 7
Affordable and clean energy
SDG 9
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
SDG 11
Sustainable cities and communities
SDG 12
Responsible consumption and production
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