Towards a Circular Economy in the Aviation Sector Using Eco-Composites for Interior and Secondary Structures. Results and Recommendations from the EU/China Project ECO-COMPASS

Fiber reinforced polymers play a crucial role as enablers of lightweight and high performing structures to increase efficiency in aviation. However, the ever-increasing awareness for environmental impacts has led growing interest bio-based recycled ‘eco-composites’ substitutes conventional synthetic constituents. Recently, international collaboration Chinese European partners ECO-COMPASS project provided an assessment different eco-materials technologies their potential application aircraft interior secondary composite structures. This summary reports main findings gives outlook next steps necessary introducing eco-composites alternative solution fulfill CLEAN SKY target.