Traditional composites are very expensive and hard to recycle. Landfilling of a glass fibre polyester sailing boat after the use phase is impossible within EU-legislation and incineration is difficult due to glass polluting the ovens.
NPSP Composite therefore developed first a material with a petro-based resin but natural fibers like flax and hemp, so that the composite can be incinerated. The next step was developing a natural resin. 100% biobased composites offers the option of lengthening the biomass chain by increasing the life of the products made from it before it is incinerated. 100% biobased doesn’t mean it is 100% biological degradable, it may take a while before that will be possible. So will the lengthening of the life cycle of the material by making it recyclable.
The developed 100% biobased composite, called Nabasco, is however already a big improvement on traditional composites. Not only is Nabasco a CO2-sink the CO2 emissions during production are also >40% lower than that of the conventional composites and even >70% lower than Aluminium. Altogether resulting in a factor 5 improved LCA.
Nabasco is used in train components, furniture, construction
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