Over one billion
winds up in the
rubbish every year
… in the form of packaging, beverage cartons, photovoltaic modules
or lithium-ion batteries. They have one thing in common: they are
all composite materials. As composites they usually end up in the
incinerator or landfill. But they comprise several raw materials that
would be very valuable if they were available on their own.
Imagine what it would be like if the technology existed to break
composites down into their individual components and to reclaim
all the raw materials used.