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

DS 116: Proceedings of the DESIGN2022 17th International Design Conference

Year: 2022
Editor: Mario Štorga, Stanko Škec, Tomislav Martinec, Dorian Marjanović
Author: Federica Cappelletti, Marta Rossi, Michele Germani
Series: DESIGN
Institution: Universit
Section: Design for Sustainability
Page(s): 981-990
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2022.100
ISSN: 2732-527X (Online)

Abstract

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 economy, ecodesign, composite materials, industrial symbiosis, design optimisation