Composites

IACMI starts composite recycling project

The objective is to improve the sustainability of composites while reducing the amount of end-of-life composites sent to landfill.

Two of the composites industry's largest organisations, IACMI and ACMA, announce an industry-collaborative project to develop a mechanical and thermal recycling approach that captures both the energy value and residual ash/fibre. © ACMA/IACMI

15th September 2017

Innovation in Textiles
| Knoxville, TN

Sustainable

The project is led by the American Composites Manufacturing Association (ACMA), and includes a team with Continental Structural Plastics, CHZ Technologies, A. Schulman, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Owens Corning and Ashland, LLC are also providing important support to the project.

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