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


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 –...
4 days ago7 min read


Hodgepodge of Recycled and Renewable Composites Applications
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #recycledfiber, #plantbased, #biocomposite This week is going to be sort of a hodgepodge of...
Apr 217 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


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


How Do We Tell if Reclaimed Composite Materials are Good Enough
#composites, #sustainability, #certification, #recycledfiber, #recycledresin, #recycling, #reclaimedfiber, #reclaimedresin I’ve seen some...
Jan 135 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


Highlighting Companies in the Sustainable, Recyclable Composites Business
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased My last few posts about sustainability...
Nov 5, 20248 min read


What to do with Old Boats – Is Recycling Polyester a Thing?
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #polyester, #recyclepolyester, #oldboats The short answer is yes, it is possible and it is even...
Oct 29, 20247 min read


Recent Developments in Recycling Carbon Fiber – We’re Getting There
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #recycling, #recycledfiber, #carbonfiber This week I wanted to talk a little bit about...
Oct 7, 20245 min read


Carbon Fiber Recycling – Yes, Another Good News Story
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #carbonfiber, #recycling I saw an article in Composites World this week about Toray’s...
Jul 22, 20247 min read


What’s Going On in the World of Glass Fiber Recycling
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #fibers, #resins, #glassfiber I thought this week I would come back to this subject because it...
Apr 15, 20249 min read


Bio-Based Carbon Fiber – An Overview and Update
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #bio-based, #natural_fiber, #plant-based, #sustainable_fiber, #plant_based, #recycle, #recycling,...
Dec 18, 20235 min read


Sustainable and Recyclable Resin – A Good News Story
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio-based, #natural_fiber, #plant-based, #resin_recycle, #sustainable,...
Dec 11, 20235 min read


Some Interesting Things Going on with Recycling / Sustainability
#String_and_Glue, #Composites, #Published, #recycling, #sustainability There are two articles I read this week about composites recycling...
Aug 22, 20233 min read


A Bit More About Recycling Composites – So What’s New?
#String_and_Glue, #Composites, #Recycling, #Pyrolysis, #Solvolysis Yes, I’m going to talk a bit more about sustainability of composites...
Jul 10, 20235 min read

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