Natural fibres with Releaf

Challenge: Releaf extracts fibres from waste flows. At this stage, they are looking for interesting applications for the fibres themselves, likely in bio-composite materials. Challenges are: 

• Which production technologies are suitable for these fibres? (e.g. compression moulding). 

• Which applications could be meaningful, when looking at the design and prototyping process? (e.g. 3DP shapes, as usual composite materials? plates? etc.). 

• Which binder could preserves the character of the fibre in that it is safe, not toxic and bio-based?  

• How can we introduce this knowledge in our IO curriculum? 

• How can we engage different stakeholders and actors in this mission? How can we make this a self-sustainable system?

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