Recycling

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Fabber Materials vs. Recyclable Materials in the Future

In the near future (10-50 years), the list of recyclable materials could expand as recycling technology is further advanced.  We also believe that some of the recyclable materials of the near future will become more and more intelligent, biodegradable, and completely separable (chemically and physically).  However, in the far future (+50 years), the expectations for recycling materials are much higher.  Theoretically, most (if not all) materials from the far future should be recyclable (whether they are composites, compounds, or single). For more information on future recyclable materials, please visit our section Future Recyclable Materials. We are anticipating that with the expansion and evolution of Digital Manufacturing, more and more wastes will be coming from this industry to the extent that it might be larger than our current Industrial Manufacturing industry.  Furthermore, if Digital Manufacturing becomes so popular that everyone owns a fabber at home, the amount of waste and products produced will grow incredibly, and this is why recycling will play a major role in the future.  Without recycling, we would be submerged into our own waste.  We need to know if the materials that will be used in the fabbers of the future match with the materials that will be recyclable in the future in order to determine if recycling of fabber materials is even possible. The materials that will be used in the future of Digital Manufacturing can be classified into four major groups: simple composites, high performance materials, special property materials, and nano fabber materials.  What all these different types of future fabber materials have in common are that they all have a mixture of multiple materials (some with chemical properties modified), they are all composites (although some are more complex). For more information of future fabber materials, please visit our section Future Fabber Materials. As we can observe, most (if not all) the materials that will be used in the future fabbers should be recyclable with the available future recycling technologies and processes as long as the technology behind the recycling of composites and compounds keeps improving at the same pace as the development of the future fabber materials.  The recycling of composites and complex composites will be the key factor in determining if future fabber materials are recyclable since all of the future fabber materials are basically composites and complex composites.  The only materials that could be more challenging to recycle in the future are nano fabber materials since it incorporates nanotechnology.  This is just an indication that recycling in the future will also be incorporating nanotechnology in order to recycle complex composites such as nano fabber materials with ease.  If a boom in the Digital Manufacturing industry occurs (like it did for the Industrial Manufacturing), the recycling industry will follow closely on the materials that are being used by the manufacturer's of fabbers so they can stay on top of things.  Recycling of fabber materials is essential to our survival if Digital Manufacturing becomes so popular that everyone has a fabber at home.  With continuous research, developments, and improvements to our current recycling technologies (more especifically composites), we can rest assured that the materials used by the fabbers in the future will be recyclable.

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