Boeing and ELG to repurpose aeroplane materials

摘要

Boeing,an aircraft manufacturing company,and ELG Carbon Fibre,a recycled carbon solutions company,have announced a partnership to recycle excess aerospace-grade composite materials,which will be used by other companies to make products such as electronic accessories and automotive equipment.The agreement-the first of its kind for the aerospace industry-covers excess carbon fibre from 11 Boeing aeroplane manufacturing sites and will reduce solid waste by more than one million pounds per year.As the largest user of aerospace-grade composites from its commercial and defence programmes,Boeing has been working for several years to create an economically viable carbon fibre reuse industry.The company improved its production methods to minimise excess and developed a model for collecting scrap material.