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Closing the Loop Valorization of Industrial Waste of Composite Materials through Re-Design of Products from Detached Value Chains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2022

F. Cappelletti ,
M. Rossi  and
M. Germani
F. Cappelletti
Affiliation:
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
M. Rossi*
Affiliation:
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
M. Germani
Affiliation:
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
*
marta.rossi@staff.univpm.it

Abstract

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The literature lacks methodologies to make supply chains of composite materials circular. The proposed approach aims to transform scraps and off-specification products into secondary raw materials. Its novelty is to find innovative applications, instead of re-introducing scraps in the loop they come from. The case study investigates how scraps can be re-worked and re-used as raw material. First, the processes are analyzed; some components are then re-designed to be made of the discarded scraps (composites material). Results reveal that the symbiosis can ensure green, high performing products.

Keywords

circular economyecodesigncomposite materialsindustrial symbiosisdesign optimisation

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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 2: DESIGN2022 , May 2022 , pp. 981 - 990
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