Composites Recycling
Recycling in composites manufacturing is an evolving endeavor aimed at addressing sustainability challenges. Unlike traditional materials, composites often pose recycling complexities due to their multi-component nature. However, innovative techniques are emerging to tackle this issue. Methods like pyrolysis, mechanical recycling, and chemical processes are being developed to efficiently recover valuable components from composite waste, such as fibers or matrix materials.
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R&M International Acquires Vartega EasyFeed Bundle Technology
The 50-year-old, family-owned recycler will carry forward Vartega’s rCF platform, which includes 1,000/tons of annual production capacity, for thermoplastics industry and automotive programs.
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Chemically Recycled Thermoplastic Polymer is Successfully Demonstrated in Structural Component
In a project between LATI, Crossen Engineering and Bloc Blinds, a fiberglass-reinforced PA6 material enabled ≈70% GWP reduction, maintained mechanical performance and 1,000+ operating cycles.
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InfraBlades Progresses Wind Blade Reuse for Dutch Bridges
Dutch startup InfraBlades is giving decommissioned wind turbine blades a second life as load-bearing infrastructure, with two bridge projects already underway in Rotterdam and Pijnacker.
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University of Houston Repurposes Blades for Highway Sign Structure
University of Houston researchers built a full-scale overhead sign structure from a retired GE37 blade, cutting material costs by about 73% versus a conventional steel design, and embodied energy and emissions by more than 65%.
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Waste PET is Successfully Upcycled Into High-Performance Epoxy Toughener
Researchers developed a one-pot process that converts post-consumer PET waste into hyperbranched oligomers, nearly doubling epoxy impact strength at just 0.3 wt.% addition while preserving transparency and thermal stability.
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Singapore Researchers Turn CFRP Waste Into Multifunctional Aerogels
NUS researchers convert carbon fiber composite waste, including both fibers and resin, into aerogels for insulation, sound absorption and oil spill clean-up.
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Latest Recycling News And Updates
Lineat Adopts Techlan's Recycled Release Liners
Techlan's recycled Re-Liners are used by Lineat Composites to boost sustainability in the production of its aligned recycled carbon fiber products.
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DITF Pursues High-Value rGF, rCF Textile Reinforcement as Part of REWIND Project
The DITF is developing yarns and fabrics for new components, succeeding in rGF-reinforced PA6 yarns and studying long fiber delamination (LFD) tape processing.
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CCIC Develops Closed-Loop Continuous RCF Remanufacturing Process, Demonstrates Via Auto Components
China’s CCIC has developed a catalytic recycling pathway that reclaims full-length carbon fibers and reusable polyols from thermoset composites, highlighted via a hybrid automotive hood using virgin carbon fiber outer skin and ContRGF core.
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CLEAR Project Will Develop Smart Composite Supercar Door
Led by Italian partners, the R&D project is reimagining butterfly and gullwing doors with recycled composites, embedded sensors and AI, aiming to reach near-market TRL 8 status.
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First Strategic Acquisition Preps Afterwind for On-Site Wind Blade Cutting Expansion
An accumulation of Advantis A/S equipment, IP and technologies will strengthen Afterwind’s end-to-end recycling efforts and mark its entry into the Danish market.
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Vitrimer Chemistry Brings Reversability to Thermoset Resins
CAMX 2026: Techstorm’s patent-pending vitrimer resin platform is designed to recycle at temperatures as low as 80°C, targeting full recyclability for wind turbine blades.
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Recycled High-Density Transom Boards Increase Performance, Reduce Costs
REC's transom boards made from recycled composite waste offer nearly double the compression and shear strength of competing products — at a lower cost — and are already being adopted by leading marine manufacturers.
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GKN Aerospace's ASPIRE Program Targets Next-Gen Composite Wing Manufacturing Technologies
The three-year, £12 million ASPIRE consortium brings together rapid tow shearing, tailored fiber placement, aligned recycled discontinuous carbon fiber and self-heated tool curing to prove lighter, high-rate composite wings for the next-generation single-aisle aircraft.
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VIDEO: Spiral TPC Finds Solutions to Scale Up TPC Recycling
Netherlands-based Spiral RTC details its journey from its early beginnings to its latest endeavors building end-of-life TPC recycling infrastructure in this snapshot video by Thermoforged.
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Single Endless Roving Placement Saves Up to 70% CFRP Weight, Enables Closed-Loop Fiber Recovery
Holy Technologies’ robotic Infinite Fiber Placement deposits carbon fiber as one continuous, uncut tow using six-axis robotics and RTM, enabling significant lightweighting and full-length fiber recovery via mild acetic acid solvolysis.
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Plant tour: Fairmat FairFactory, Nantes, France
Recycled carbon fiber materials supplier Fairmat leverages AI-optimized, robotic-assisted technology for producing high-performance materials ideal for an expanding range of applications.
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Circularity and biomaterials trends at JEC World 2026
Recycling technologies of all types continue to show momentum with new partnerships, startups and scale-up plans to meet demand, while bio-materials see adoption in increasingly high-volume applications and higher bio-content amounts.
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