Reclaiming value from post-use carbon composite

Abstract

Today, end of life composites are generally shredded and sent to landfill or incinerated. A number of organisations are trying to develop viable alternatives, especially for carbon, which could have residual value and might pose an environmental hazard if disposed of inappropriately. Reinforced Plastics correspondent George Marsh has been to see Milled Carbon Ltd, a key player in a putative supply chain that could one day be disposing of thousands of tonnes of used carbon composite.