Composites Australia and its members were featured in a four-page article in the recent JEC Composites Magazine – Special Issue on Composites Sustainability. The article explored how composite technologies are critical for supporting Australia’s unique environment and infrastructure needs in a sustainable manner.
Athletic shoes are, at their core, a composite product, made from a variety of materials, each selected for its unique properties to enhance comfort, durability, and performance.
Gurit is supplying the growing need in the building, construction, architecture and furniture industries for high strength, lightweight, recycled and recyclable materials with longevity and design freedom characteristics.
Composites Australia is a founding member of the Global Composites Sustainability Coalition which is a forum for international collaboration in areas related to (but not limited to) cost-effective collection and reprocessing of waste to enable circularity; the development of new chemistries that will contribute to more sustainable materials; the development of standards relating to environmental footprint of composites; the development of toolsets and data for design of composites.
Play equipment, urban furniture and public infrastructure are some options for reusing composite wind turbines
