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Re:Plant-based epoxy enables recyclable carbon fiber by SV_BubbleTime on Sunday January 30, 2022 @01:10AM (#30134549)
I was about to write the same thing. Making carbon fiber itself is a mastery class in non-renewable and non-recyclable materials.

But it enables a lot of the lightweight “green” things people can pat themselves on the back for, which is the majority of the point for many.

Better epoxies would help, but we’re quite a ways off.

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Re:Plant-based epoxy enables recyclable carbon fiber by mikewarot on Sunday January 30, 2022 @02:36AM (#30134881)
Imagine if they could recycle fiberglass matrix composites? You'd get rid of a huge part of the reason for e-waste, the circuit boards.
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