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It's Just String & Glue. This is a newsletter about composites, the strings, the glues, and the business.


This Week’s News about Recycling and End-of-Life Composites
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #end_of_life_composites, #thermolysis This week I’m going to make my newsletter just a bit shorter than what I did last week with all of the pictures of sailboats that use recycled or natural fibers for primary structure. There are a couple of fairly newsworthy things that have happened just in the last few weeks that I want to focus on this week. And I want to also let everyone know that I am going to take a couple of weeks off wri
3 days ago6 min read


A Few More Tidbits in Composites Sustainability News
#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins I received my November Issue of the Composites World magazine (electronically of course) this week and as usual it had a couple of interesting developments in the world of composite materials sustainability, one of which is sort of fun – if you like water sports. So, I thought I would write about these and a couple of other things that I came across in my information feed about composites. A
Nov 125 min read


Collection of Composites Sustainability Tidbits from Last Two Weeks
#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins Since this is supposed to be a “newsletter” I thought I would collect some tidbits of news on the composites sustainability front that have come across my feed in the last couple of weeks. I did want to get a couple of state of the art posts done, so the last two weeks I haven’t been keeping everyone up with the latest news. And there has been some news to keep up with, especially in the rec
Nov 56 min read


Investors are Interested and Taking Notice of the Recycled Composites Business
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #recycledfiber, #recycledresin I have talked in this space about composites sustainability,...
Sep 306 min read


Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades have Arrived
#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins I saw articles this week in two of the industry...
Sep 106 min read


The International Conference on Composite Materials – And What’s Coming Soon
#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins I gave my paper at the International Conference on...
Aug 137 min read


Some Encouraging News in Carbon Fiber Composites Recycling – and a Few Other Things
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #aceticacid, #NREL, #fibers, #resins I saw something really interesting that was just reported...
Jul 238 min read


Some Recycling Updates for the Composites Industry – Wind Turbine Blades
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #fibers, #resins, #windenergy This week I thought I would give everyone some updates in the...
Jun 175 min read


My Reflections on SAMPE 2025 Indianapolis
#composites, #sustainability, #carbonfiber, #SAMPE2025, #compositesindustry As promised with my last post, I was at SAMPE in Indianapolis...
May 286 min read


An Update on Carbon Fiber Recycling – Continuous Fibers No Less
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #recycledfiber, #carbonfiber I have talked about how difficult it is to recycle composites –...
Apr 287 min read


Sustainability – A Look at Energy Efficiency in Composites Manufacturing
#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibermanufacture, #resinmanufacture This week I thought I would touch...
Apr 710 min read


Some Good News on the Recycling Front and Other Updates
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #fibers, #resins I heard about this a few days before it was announced at JEC World in Paris. ...
Mar 177 min read


Part 3 of PFAS and Microplastics – Polyester Resin Chemistry
#composites, #polyesterresin, #styrene, #phthalicacid, #glycols, #resins This is a continuation of what I talked about last week but...
Mar 37 min read


A Bit Deeper Dive into Recycled Material Certifications
#composites, #recycling, #certification, #sustainability, #recycledfiber, #recycledresins I really was not able to cover the entire...
Jan 205 min read


Can you use Recycled Carbon Fiber in a Racing Sailboat? Why of Course!!
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased As most of you already know, I am fairly passionate...
Dec 16, 20245 min read


Flying Cars? Are we in an Episode of the Jetsons?
#composites, #flyingcars, #urbanairmobility, #carbonfiber, #gyroplane I saw something really fun in Composites World this week. There is...
Dec 9, 20246 min read


Sustainability Facilities for Composites – They’re Popping Up Everywhere
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased I saw another article in Composites World about a...
Dec 3, 20249 min read


Connecting the Dots Between String and Glue and Precision Fermented Food
#composites, #sustainability, #precisionfermentation, #biobased, #plantbased Ever since I was introduced to this topic I have been...
Nov 25, 20248 min read


What to do With Old Wind Turbine Blades? You Might be Surprised
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #reuse, #architecture, #furniture I saw an interesting article in Composites World this week...
Nov 18, 20249 min read


Precision Fermentation – it’s Not Just for Yogurt (or Beer?) – A Journey into Biotech for Composites
#composites, #precisionfermentation, #sustainability, #epoxy, #fibers, #resins, #biobased I was introduced to a really interesting...
Nov 12, 20246 min read

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