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Carbon fiber reclaiming, recycling, and repurposing is exploding
With the massive growth in carbon fiber production worldwide, companies are grappling with what to do with all the unused carbon fiber scraps after production. Startups like Carbon Conversions are creating new ways of recycling and repurposing reclaimed carbon fiber, potentially saving millions on production and disposal costs. Dell’s Progress Made Real Campaign Carbon Conversions…
Raped & Murdered
November 1, 2021 at 5:01 pm
you still haven’t told us what aftv was doing on your channel 😡🤬😡🤬
Timothy Nguyen
November 1, 2021 at 5:10 pm
Seeing people handle carbon fiber with bare hands gives me shivers. I’ve gotten so many glass fiber and carbon fiber splinters that I avoid at all cost if possible haha.
SyEd ZadA
November 1, 2021 at 5:13 pm
U guy’s are legends
alex3261
November 1, 2021 at 5:17 pm
Extremely dangerous if burned as it will break inan invisible cloud of indestructible nanoparticles which inhaled will destroy your lungs for good. Definitely not “green”.
Abhi
November 1, 2021 at 5:35 pm
Sustainable fiber
Free Speech
November 1, 2021 at 5:47 pm
People don’t really care about that.
Performance just like the Mac is the most important factor for people to buy ur computers. 💯👍
WulfCry
November 1, 2021 at 6:14 pm
Doofus recycling is a very important matter, Get with the program and have a serious look and idea of what and how recycling looks like. Besides recycling is a gold mine. A gold mine I tell ya.
Austin Verlinden
November 1, 2021 at 6:34 pm
Recyling is important. Apple is using recycled materials in their products as well.
shupoh floribert
November 1, 2021 at 5:52 pm
How can I buy carbon fiber??
TheWorldReacts
November 1, 2021 at 5:58 pm
Who knows carbon fibre might be the next plastic in the future
Agam Utama
November 3, 2021 at 4:08 am
yup, better solution if we can do that.
Engi_Nerd
November 1, 2021 at 6:30 pm
This is not carbon fiber recycling. This is reducing carbon fiber waste. It is impossible to recycle carbon fiber once it’s cured, which is why it’s such a terrible material for the environment.
B Nice
November 1, 2021 at 6:44 pm
That is exactly what I was thinking, they should really be precise on these matters.
mogulmniac
November 2, 2021 at 1:55 am
Not true. It is possible to recycle the fiber material even after the resin matrix has cured.
B Nice
November 2, 2021 at 11:58 am
@mogulmniac yes but the process is of doing so is labour intensive and complex. On top of this it requires a chemical or mechanical process that is not eco friendly in any way shape or form; which is why carbon fibre usually ends up being dumped.
CNET
November 2, 2021 at 3:00 pm
It is recycling because they are taking already made products like the Trek bicycle frames for example and breaking them down into chopped carbon fiber and other products. Reclaiming the unused carbon fiber from production is a small part of the reclaiming business.
Robson Robson
November 4, 2021 at 1:32 pm
@mogulmniac HOW????
Robson Robson
November 4, 2021 at 1:35 pm
@CNET Once again, this is some kind of downcycling at it’ s best. They will not seperate fibre and matrix in a way that you will end up with long strands of fibres. there will be some chopped up, short fibres. And if they are not lucky they will create some seriuos health hazards.
Don’ t buy the BS PR some companies are selling you.
B Nice
November 1, 2021 at 6:47 pm
So they are not recycling than? This is just waste reducing which is not bad in and by itself, but it does not eliminate the issues or even reduce the issue that carbon fiber poses for the environment. The moment they figure out a way to recycle things like the wings of a windmill, that’s when we should start celebrating.
CNET
November 2, 2021 at 2:59 pm
They are recycling by taking used products like the Trek bike frames for example and extracting all the carbon fiber to make new chopped carbon fiber and other kinds of materials which they can resell for other purposes.
Robson Robson
November 4, 2021 at 1:29 pm
@CNET It is still just downcycling. There seems to be nothing new happening here.
Rhubarb Pie
November 4, 2021 at 3:20 pm
iT’s NôT pErFecT ąnD i Doñ’T Likə įŤ RREEEEEEE
András Vujovits
November 1, 2021 at 8:13 pm
“10x stronger than steel and 8x stronger than aluminium..” Are you suggesting that aluminium is stronger than steel?
JS
November 1, 2021 at 11:59 pm
Maybe “strength per kg”?
Wesley
November 3, 2021 at 9:52 pm
I was just about to comment that!
Maria Solis
November 1, 2021 at 8:31 pm
Stonger yet it dent super easily 💀
janmejay raj
November 1, 2021 at 8:40 pm
10x stronger than steel and 8x stronger than aluminum….really?😅
Nam Thai
November 4, 2021 at 8:20 am
Yes. Read a book
Hugo Pereira
November 1, 2021 at 8:48 pm
I don’t think Dell is the best company to do this…when they do computers that come with proprietary parts that you can’t get or replace after a few years to extend the life of product is technically selling you e-waste…but unfortunately that’s the society of companies we have today…sell it and then blame it on the individuals that they aren’t doing they’re part to help the planet
CNET
November 2, 2021 at 4:22 pm
See how The Ocean Cleanup is recycling and pelletizing plastic from The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and turning it into sunglasses
DarksNote
November 2, 2021 at 4:52 pm
ah sehr gut
Charles Hocker
November 2, 2021 at 10:44 pm
Wind Mills? Show me the Wind Mills. It’s not true recycling.
J T
November 3, 2021 at 2:46 am
Shred carbon fiber are just made from left overs ain’t it
Julius Cheng
November 3, 2021 at 6:58 pm
4:48 Must be a mis-speak – “Dell increased their procurement of carbon fiber from 670 million pounds to 1.3 million pounds…” YouTube’s closed-captioning system agrees with me.
Julius Cheng
November 3, 2021 at 7:00 pm
So now the question is this: Carbon Conversions is using leftover waste from manufacturing (which is more carbon fiber reclamation than recycling, it seems), which is likely significantly an easier task than post-consumer waste. What about post-consumer recycling?
And if Dell was serious about more sustainable products, then perhaps they should return to using industry-standard parts that can be more easily swapped out, vs proprietary boards, etc.
Twig_heaven
November 3, 2021 at 7:19 pm
I need to start saving every hockey stick 🏒
No Name
November 3, 2021 at 8:33 pm
Wooooohooooo
THIS IS AWESOME!!!!
Peter Breis
November 4, 2021 at 3:18 am
It isn’t taking too much of a stretch to anticipate such a fine strong fibre isn’t a potential health hazard just like asbestos. Especially if inhaled.
So of course nobody is talking about that.
Nam Thai
November 4, 2021 at 8:19 am
The research is ramping up on that. But right now it’s not a real thing. Asbestos injuries are very real. Please don’t conflate the two.
Robson Robson
November 4, 2021 at 1:32 pm
@Nam Thai And injuries due to nano tubes, (carbon) fibers and so on are not? Chopping up fibre reinforced plastics might be more dangerous then it is worth.
Iain
November 4, 2021 at 10:08 pm
It is although not to the same extent, for example a respirator should be used when sanding carbon fibre. It’s typically impregnated into epoxy though, so no risk from there.
Jeffrey Hsu
November 4, 2021 at 4:46 am
Calling this “recycling” is an abomination of the word.
They are repurposing, reusing, not recycling.
Toobst8ker
November 4, 2021 at 12:04 pm
we should just make things out of carbon fiber
Jason Zacarias
November 4, 2021 at 1:26 pm
Ok. But what about plastics? Hmmmmmm
Your Mom
November 4, 2021 at 2:54 pm
You can’t recycle carbon fiber. They are just utilizing carbon fiber that was leftover from production. 😂🤣😂
smsm 2000
November 4, 2021 at 3:49 pm
Very informative video thank you for that