Recycling thermoplastic resin composites

Thermoplastics composites have some advantage for recycling especially that they can be reshaped upon heating. In addition, the approaches used for recycling thermoset composites also apply to thermoplastic composites. As for thermoset composites, the composite is generally ground to smaller fragments for subsequent recycling process. The inherent toughness with thermoplastic materials make the regrinding process more difficult requiring more powerful mills and cutters.

Thermolastic composites also allow the opportunity for them to be reprocessed.