The use of biodegradable biopolymers based on renewable raw materials is not only excellently suited for the production of natural fiber-reinforced plastics, but is also associated with enormous CO2 savings potentials in production as well as a possible reduction in the weight of the goods produced.
In impulse project 7, a sharpening and further development of the research focus 2 (recycling) of impulse project 1 of the completed set-up phase of LaNDER³ is planned. A new focus is on natural fiber reinforced plastics whose matrix consists of biopolymers, as well as on the consideration of products of natural fibre composites in the real waste stream.
Objective: Within the scope of impulse project 7, a recycling technology for natural fibre composites will be established, with which one and natural fibre composites can be sorted out from a mixed waste stream and subsequently recycled for valuable materials or energy.
To this end, Impulse Project 7 will investigate and optimize the sorting and recycling capabilities of natural fibre composites. The focus is on research into the recycling concept of the life cycle of natural fiber-reinforced components.
Impulse project 7 is integrated into the life cycle of components of natural fibre composites and closes the cycle for material provision in order to be able to realize resource-saving processes. The research required for this takes place in close cooperation with practical partners and other LaNDER³ research focal points (product applications, fiber extraction, composites and opticycling) and using state-of-the-art sensor and data processing technologies.
