| BBC One Planet - How to Recycle a Plane |
| 1 April 2011 - BBC Podcast |
This week, One Planet visits an aeroplane graveyard [Chateauroux Air Centre] in central France to find out how to recycle a plane. Plus, we look at the growth in air travel in Asia, and take in the view from the tallest building in Bangladesh.
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| [AFRA Member - P3 Aviation ] finds innovative ways of reusing scrapped aircraft materials |
| 10 January 2011 - Flightglobal |
| UK based P3 Aviation, which started life in 2004 primarily as a rotable components supplier, is also aiming to capitalise on the growing market for dismantling and recycling airliners. "We very quickly realised that one of the best ways to obtain components was to dismantle aircraft, so we started dismantling 18 months in," says Phil Donohoe, P3 Aviation's director of sales and business development. |
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| Aviation industry under pressure to reduce landfill waste from scrapped airliners |
| 10 January 2011 - Flightglobal |
| Dismantling and recycling scrapped airliners is becoming big business. Estimates from the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) put the number of aircraft destined for the junk yard over the next 20 years at 12,000, and pressure is growing to reduce significantly the amount of waste that goes to landfill. |
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| Grounded: the Jet Fly-Tippers |
| 29 August 2010 - Sunday Times |
| "Boeing & Airbus are striving to keep jets out of landfill, but new composite materials are adding to the problem..." |
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| AFRA comes up with ambitious target to improve the recyclability rate of the global end-of-service aircraft fleet |
| 9 July 2010 - GreenAir |
The aircraft recycling industry is targeting a 90 percent recyclability of the end-of-service global fleet by 2016, announced Boeing’s Director for Airplane Environmental Performance, Jeanne Yu, at last week’s annual meeting of the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) in Las Vegas.
AFRA members currently undertake the recycling of around 150 commercial aircraft a year, representing a third of aircraft scrapped around the world.
However, more than 12,000 aircraft are expected to reach the end of their service life over the next 20 years... |
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| Aircraft recycling body seeks ambitious target |
| 6 July 2010 - Flighglobal |
Representatives of the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) want 90% of materials salvaged from scrapped aircraft to be recycled by 2016.
The organisation will attempt to ensure that recycled materials re-enter the aviation supply chain, rather than being "down-cycled" into inferior products. |
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| AFRA Targets 90% Recyclability of Global Fleet by 2016 |
| 2 July 2010 - Aerospace Manufacturing and Design |
| Using recycled carbon fiber instead of virgin fiber reduces C02 emissions by 90%-95%. Recycling also makes good business sense, as the needs of the market are satisfied at lower costs. |
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| Green vs Value vs Headache |
| 1 July 2010 - Aviation Week |
Companies interested in disassembling (taking apart aircraft for parts that will be reused) or dismantling (recycling) aircraft as a one-off project should consider a range of factors, says Derk-Jan van Heerden, general manager of AELS, one of the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association's 11 founding members.
It basically comes down to a simple equation, van Heerden says: "green vs. value vs. headache."
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| Boeing Looks at Lifecycle Efficiencies Beyond 787 |
| 30 June 2010 - Aviation Week |
Boeing’s recent $25-million award to support FAA’s continuous lower energy, emissions and noise (CLEEN) effort is only one example of “green” integration efforts that the aircraft manufacturer has underway.
In conversations here at the joint Aviation Suppliers Association and Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association meeting, Jeanne Yu, director for airplane environmental performance, and William Carberry, aircraft recycling project manager, described other in-progress efforts to retain materials in the high-value aviation supply chain. |
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| 30,000 Tons of Aluminium |
| 29 June 2010 - Aviation Week |
That's about how much aluminum is produced annually by companies that are members of AFRA, the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association, by parting out and disassembling end-of-life aircraft.
These efforts produce not only 30,000 tons of aluminum, but also 1,800 tons of other specialty alloy metals for recycling each year.
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| How to Recycle an Airplane |
| 24 June 2010 |
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| 5,900 Aircraft for Disposal by 2028 |
| - GreenSky |
A Cut Above: Aircraft Recycling
In three years, the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association has made substantial progress in developing procedures to deal safely and profitably with the problem of elderly aircraft disposal. |
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| Fujairah airport set on becoming the UAE's hub for servicing and dismantling of aircraft |
| 2 May 2010 - GulfNews.com |
Fujairah International Airport (FIA) is positioning itself as the UAE's aircraft-dismantling centre as it invests hundreds of millions of dirhams in infrastructure development
While the country's larger airports in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are hubs for passenger and cargo movements, the northern emirate airport has been gradually expanding its private charter or business jet revenues and is now looking into non-aeronautical business streams.
The airport is building long-term aircraft parking for up to 50 aircraft, with space for two to four aircraft dismantling, airport officials said during the Airport Show last week.
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| 6,000 older aircraft to reach end-of-life in the next 20 years |
| 20 April 2010 - Recycling Bizz |
Bombardier and GECAS join AFRA aircraft fleet recyclers list
Although great importance is attached to focusing on the environmental benefits of new aircraft, around 6,000 older types are expected to reach their end-of-life in the next 20 years. According to the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA), the disposal of these aircraft is a major problem and many companies have now launched environmental programmes to address it. |
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| Bombardier first OEM to earn accreditaton from AFRA |
| 2 April 2010 - Recycling Product News |
| Bombardier Aerospace and the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) announced in February that Bombardier’s aircraft dismantling operations have officially been accredited by AFRA. |
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| Bombardier and GECAS join the growing list of accredited environmental aircraft fleet recyclers |
| 13 April 2010 - GREENAIR |
| Although great importance is attached to focusing on the environmental benefits of new aircraft, around 6,000 older types are expected to reach their end-of-life in the next 20 years. According to the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA), the disposal of these aircraft is a major problem and many companies have now launched environmental programmes to address it. |
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| GREEN IS GOLD |
| 22 March 2010 - Aviation Week |
GECAS Achieves AFRA Accreditation
GE Capital Aviation Services (Gecas) is best known as one of the two biggest airplane leasing companies. But it also operates an airframe dismantling operation in Greenwood, Miss., and has become the latest member of the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association to achieve accreditation in AFRA’s Best Management Practices program. |
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| GECAS awarded environmental accreditation from AFRA |
| 16 March 2010 - UBM Aviation News |
| The Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) has awarded GE Capital Services (GECAS) accreditation for its airframe dismantling operation in Greenwood, Mississippi, US. |
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| How do you recycle a jumbo jet? |
| 10 March 2010 - BBC News |
Mark Gregory of Air Salvage International explains the process of recycling a plane.
It can take 12 weeks and a lot of elbow grease, but planes are recycled when they are too old or not needed anymore. How is it done?
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| Carbon Fiber Reclamation |
| March 2010 - Composites World |
| As the first commercial-scale carbon fiber recycling operations go online, research continues into both recycling alternatives and applications for recyclate. |
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| Bombardier Becomes First OEM to Earn Accreditation |
| 23 February 2010 - Yahoo Finance |
| - Bombardier Aerospace and the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) today announced that Bombardier's aircraft dismantling operations have officially been accredited by AFRA. |
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| Bombardier Becomes First OEM to Earn Accreditation From Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association |
| 23 February 2010 - The Financial |
| Bombardier Aerospace and the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) on February 23 announced that Bombardier’s aircraft dismantling operations have officially been accredited by AFRA. |
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| Bombardier Becomes First OEM to Earn Accreditation From Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) |
| 23 February 2010 - CSR Wire |
| Bombardier Aerospace and the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) today announced that Bombardier's aircraft dismantling operations have officially been accredited by AFRA. |
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| Aircraft dismantling, recycling operations gets accredited |
| 23 February 2010 - Waste & Recycling News |
Aircraft dismantling and recycling operations in Bridgeport, W.Va., and Tucson, Ariz., have been accredited as being environmentally responsible operations, according to the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association.
The non-profit organization lent its accreditation to Bombardier Aerospace’s American operations this week. Bombardier is based in Quebec. |
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| Bombardier’s aircraft dismantling operations have officially been accreditated by AFR |
| 23 February 2010 - Enviro.Aero |
| Bombardier Aerospace and the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) today announced that Bombardier’s aircraft dismantling operations have officially been accreditated by AFRA. The accreditation, which was awarded following a comprehensive two-day audit, covers teardown efforts for CRJ100/200 regional jets at Bombardier’s Service Centers in Bridgeport West Virginia and Tucson, Arizona. AFRA is recognized worldwide for its leadership in promoting best practices for salvaging and recycling components taken from aging aircraft during disassembly. |
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| Bombardier Accreditation |
| 23 February 2010 - Airline News Resource |
| Bombardier Aerospace and the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) today announced that Bombardier's aircraft dismantling operations have officially been accreditated by AFRA. The accreditation, which was awarded following a comprehensive two-day audit, covers teardown efforts for CRJ100/200 regional jets at Bombardier's Service Centers in Bridgeport West Virginia and Tucson, Arizona. AFRA is recognized worldwide for its leadership in promoting best practices for salvaging and recycling components taken from aging aircraft during disassembly. |
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| Bombardier Earns AFRA Accreditation |
| 23 February 2010 - Aviation International News |
| Bombardier has become the first OEM to earn accreditation from the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) following a two-day audit of CRJ100/200 tear-downs at the manufacturer’s service centers in Bridgeport, W.Va., and Tucson, Ariz. AFRA, a 42-member nonprofit industry association, promotes best practices for salvaging and recycling components taken from aging aircraft during disassembly. |
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| Der Friedhof der Flugzeuge |
| 21 December 2009 - Wissen |
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Südlich von Paris gibt es einen der größten Schrottplätze für ausgemustertes Fluggerät. Hier werden auch wiederverwendbare Teile ausgeschlachtet – und grundüberholt als Ersatzteile weiterverkauft.
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Aircraft Graveyard
The Châteauroux Air Centre, 266 kilometers south of Paris, is one of the largest Junkyards for decommissioned Aircraft. |
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| Jet Cemetery |
| 10 December 2009 - The Independent |
| Where do aircraft go when airlines go to the wall? The answer? To a Cotswolds landing strip, which has become the busiest aviation scrapyard in the world. |
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| A Cut Above - AFRA Media Day in Chateauroux |
| December 2009 - MRO Management |
| In three years, the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association has made substantial progress
in developing procedures to deal safely and profitably with the problem of
elderly aircraft disposal. |
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| AFRA Deputy Director, Bill Carberry, Presents at IntertechPira Carbon Fibre Recycling & Reuse Conference |
| 21 November 2009 - Fibre2Fashion - Germany |
The world’s first conference dedicated to carbon fibre recycling, held in Hamburg, Germany on 3 – 4 November 2009...
A brighter outlook from Boeing’s Bill Carberry followed the coffee break, giving the aerospace sector’s view on progress to date with recycling aircraft, and passed round a test component chair arm produced from recycled carbon fibre.
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| Aircraft Recylcing Best Practice & the Role of AFRA |
| Oct-Nov 2009 - Aircraft Technology Engineering & Maintenance |
| About 12,500 aircraft are expected to reach the end of their life in the next 20 years, bringing the issue of aircraft recycling to the fore. |
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| Sulla Pista del riciclo |
| 19 November 2009 - Il Sole 24 Ore |
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Construttori come Boeing e Airbus fanno parte di consorzi che smantellano gli aerei Per riutilizzarne i pezzi o per riciclarli
Environmental protection and business opportunity: airplane recycling
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Boeing and Airbus are members of consortia that dismantle aircraft to recycle and re-use parts and materials. |
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| Three years of aeroplane recycling |
| 3 November 2009 - EEP European Environmental Press |
| The association for recycling aeroplanes, AFRA... is celebrating its third birthday. Since it was created, the dismantling and recycling of planes has progressed constantly. |
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| Démantèlement: un marché qui décolle |
| 30 October 2009 - Air & Cosmos |
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Au total dix sites à travers le monde ont été, ou vont être, labellisés par l'Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association, qui s'efforce d'élaborer un cadre réglementaire fondé sur ses guides de bonne pratique.
Aircraft recycling: a bull market
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A total of ten sites around the world have been, or soon will be, given a seal of approval by the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association, which is developing a regulatory framework based on its best practice guides.
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| Ich war eine Boeing |
| 23 October 2009 - Financial Times Deutschland |
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6000 alte Flugzeuge werden in den kommenden 20 Jahren aus dem Verkehr gezogen. Das bringt viel Abfall mit sich – und ein Geschäft für spezialisierte Verwerter. Vor allem, wenn die Rohstoffpreise wieder anziehen
I was a Boeing: Aircraft Recycling can be Profitable
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According to estimations of aircraft manufacturer Boeing, about 6,000 old aircraft will be taken out of operation in the next twenty years.
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L’óperation séduction du “Châteauroux Airport”
[Discovering Chateauroux Airport] |
| 21 October 2009 - Nouvelle Republique |
| La célébration des trois ans de l’Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association a permis à la presse internationale spécialisée de découvrir l’aéroport de Châteauroux. |
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| Boeing talks airplane recycling, innovations in recycling technologies |
| 23 October 2009 - Boeing News Now |
| Boeing News Now Reports on Recycling Media Day at the Chateauroux Air Center in Chateauroux, France. |
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| Airbus invited to join Boeing’s recycling efforts |
| 22 October 2009 - Flight International |
| Boeing wants to collaborate with its chief rival to develop technologies for recycling aircraft materials, according to its programme manager of airplane and composite recycling Bill Carberry. |
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Recyclage des avions : l'AFRA a le vent en poupe
[Aircraft Recycling: AFRA Has the Wind in its Sails] |
| 21 October 2009 - LesEchos.fr - Transport & Logistique |
| Chaque année dans le monde plus de 400 appareils sont mis au rebut. Un tiers sont recyclés par les membres de l'Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association. Ils veulent porter le taux de recyclage de 70% aujourd'hui à 95 % d'ici à 2016. |
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| From Trash to Treasure - AFRA Redefines Aircraft Recycling Standards with Best Management Practices |
| September/October 2009 - Jetrader |
Since its foundation in 2006, membership of the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) has soared by more than 370%...
The rapid growth of AFRA can be attributed to the ability of its founders and broad membership to expound and promote their vision of creating a global community committed to environmental best practices... |
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| Because it’s Breakable – AFRA Featured in Latest Edition of Air Transport World |
| 5 August 2009 - Air Transport World |
| Because it’s Breakable – As more and more aircraft get parted out, industry leaders pursue collaborative solutions fostering environmental benefits and end-of-life revenue. |
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| Evergreen Trading Inc. becomes AFRA Accredited |
| 13 July 2009 - PR Newswire |
| The Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) is delighted to announce that Evergreen Trade Inc. is the latest company to receive its prestigious Best Management Practice (BMP) audited accreditation for its aircraft disassembly and parts and materials recycling operations. |
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| Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) Launch New Best Management Practice Guide and Extends New Accreditation to Three Companies |
| 14 May 2009 - Aviation Today |
| The Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) has reached another milestone with the launch of Version 2.0 of its prestigious Best Management Practice (BMP) Guide, the industry standard for the disassembly of aircraft engines and frames.
Three AFRA member companies have received accreditation under BMP Version 2.0 namely Bonus Tech, headquartered in the U.S., Orange Aero from the UK, and Volvo Aero Services Corp, based in Sweden.
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| Extracting Value From Old Planes |
| 9 Jan 2009 - Metal Bulletin Monthly |
| Metal Bulletin Monthly magazine interviews AFRA members, Bill Carberry of Boeing, Grégoire Lebigot of Europe Aviation, Chris Merry of Source One Aircraft Repair, Louis Moore of Evergreen Maintenance Center together with Michele Dickstein from the Aviation Suppliers Association in January’s article titled: ‘Extracting Value From Old Planes’.
Written by Samantha Hodge from Metal Bulletin Monthly’s London office, the forward looking article outlines the best near term and mid term strategies that will continue to shape the aviation industry, like minded organizations, and global companies. To view the full story, please follow this link below.
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| GA Telesis Announced Aircraft Acquisitions Which Air Salvage International Ltd Will Dismantle |
| 7 Jan 2009 - Newswire |
| GA Telesis and its affiliate GA Telesis, UK Ltd Announced Aircraft Acquisitions which Air Salvage International Ltd (ASI), an AFRA accredited company located in England, will dismantle on behalf of GA Telesis.
AFRA accredited companies use processes that encompass the industry’s best practices in an environmentally responsible manner and through strict environmental controls and recycling planning.
“Since our Lufthansa A300-600 project announcement a few months ago, we have commenced an A320-200 project that is near completion, and now, the addition of the 747-300 puts us in the clear leadership position for disassemblies in Europe." said David Daughters, Managing Director of GA Telesis UK. “In addition, we have an additional three widebody aircraft (Boeing and Airbus) scheduled for disassembly on European soil during the first half of 2009,” he added. Read the full press release here
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| First Program Addressing Aircraft Industry Sustainability Awards Accreditation To Five Global Companies |
| July 29, 2008 - PRWEB |
| Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 29, 2008 - During its Annual Meeting in North America, the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) unveiled the first five global companies to receive the prestigious AFRA accreditation: Europe Aviation, Southern California Aviation, Air Salvage International, P3 Aviation and Volvo Aero Services
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| Firms Pass Aging Fleet Management |
| July 31, 2008 - Aviation Week |
 LAS VEGAS--The first five companies passed a stringent accreditation for managing and handling used aircraft parts and assemblies. The Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) accreditation, designed to increase the performance of aging aircraft fleet management, covers 45 best practices in seven categories: facility, training, asset and parts documentation, tooling, parts management, environmental controls and recycling planning.
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| Aircraft Recycling (Almost) Live |
| July 15, 2008 - Aviation Week ShowNews Farnborough 08 |
| Probably one of the most unusual exhibits at this year’s Farnborough Show is an airliner fuselage section that is in the process of being dismantled.
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| Boeing Moves Into Scrap Business |
| July 16, 2008 - Flight International |
 Boeing is moving into the next-generation scrap business, teaming with Italy’s Alenia Aeronautica to help establish a composite waste recycling centre near the 787 partner’s Puglia manufacturing base.
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| Boeing and Alenia Establish Aircraft Composite Recycling Plant In Italy |
| Jul 16, 2008 - ASM International |
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) and Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, today announced that they are joining forces to help establish Italy's first composite recycling facility, which will be located in Southern Italy. Together with partners Milled Carbon (based in Birmingham, U.K.), Karborek (based in Puglia, Italy), and ENEA (Italian National Agency for new Technologies Energy and the Environment), the two companies have signed a letter of intent to apply their expertise and work with academia to advance industry knowledge surrounding the recycling of composite airplane parts into reusable materials for manufacturing. Financial terms were not announced.
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| Destroying Old Airliners And Protecting The Environment |
| Jul 13, 2008 - International Herald Tribune |
Boeing and Airbus, the rivals who dominate the aircraft manufacturing industry, do not just make planes; they break them, too. Move over Shiva, goddess of destruction. Make way for Pamela and AFRA, the Process for Advanced Management of End of Life Aircraft, and the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association.
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| Farnborough '08: Boeing, Alenia To Partner On Composite Recycling |
| Jul 17, 2008 - Aero News Network |
 The first composite-bodied Boeing 787 hasn't flown yet... but the planemaker
and others are already thinking about how old Dreamliners will eventually be
recycled. Boeing and Alenia Aeronautica announced this week they are joining
forces to help establish Italy's first composite recycling facility, which will
be located in Southern Italy.
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| Parting Parts |
| Jul 10, 2008 - Overhaul & Maintenance |
People attending the Farnborough International Airshow can see what aircraft recycling is all about, thanks to a big demonstration project organized by the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) and members Air Salvage International, P3 Aviation and WINGNet. Witness Air Salvage disassembling the fuselage--from removing the interiors, recycling the plastics and tagging the reusable parts. See the harvested parts at P3 Aviation's parts management display.
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| Suez, Veolia to Recycle Planes as Metal Prices Soar |
| Dec. 11, 2007 - Bloomberg |
On a tarmac at Nigeria's Kano airport, sit the remains of an airplane with entrails picked apart like a carcass in the African savannah.
"It's easy to imagine how the spare parts could get into the
market", said Martin Fraissignes, executive director of the Washington-based Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association, displaying photographs of the plane at a conference on air transport and the environment in Paris on Dec. 6. "The resale possibility of quality spare parts is driving" the
rush for salvageable material from aircraft no longer in service.
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| Salvaging and Scrapping Aircraft |
| 22 Feb 2007 - Aviation Week |
| Air Salvage International (ASI) was founded in 1997 by former Dan Air engineer Mark Gregory. It began as an aircraft maintenance business but, by chance, became involved in stripping aircraft for spare parts. Today, it's among the top U.K. contractors for spare-part reclamation and aircraft disposal. More than 180 aircraft, including 30 Boeing 747s, have met their end at the hands of ASI. |
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| Carbon fiber: Life Beyond the Landfill |
| May 2007 - High Performance Composites |
| Reclamation technologies give scrapped aerospace-grade carbon fiber new possibilities and a lower price point in nonstructural/conductive applications. |
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| Boeing and Airbus Compete to Destroy What They Built |
| 1 June 2007 - Wall Street Journal |
| Airbus and Boeing have competed to build jetliners for nearly 40 years. Now they're jockeying to destroy them more efficiently. |
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| The end of the line — Aircraft Recycling Initiatives |
| April / May 2007 - Aircraft Technology Engineering & Maintenance |
| About 300 aircraft are retired each year. Some are parked in the desert,waiting to return to service. Others are initially parked, then sold off piece by piece until the aircraft is scrapped.... There is another
option gaining increasing credibility — recycling or reusing parts in a profitable yet environmentally sound
manner. |
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| Airbus supports aircaft dismantling centre |
| 20 Sept 2005 - Flight International |
EADS Sogerma and SITA are to open an aircraft dismantling and recycling centre at Tarbes airport near Toulouse, with end-of-life parting out to be offered by Airbus as part of its new aircraft sales packages.
The Process for Advanced Management of End-of-Life Aircraft
(Pamela) project is funded by the Midi-Pyrénées regional government, which will donate its hangar at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées airport. |
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| Flight Today - We Recycle |
| Feb/Mar 2007 - Smithsonian Air & Space |
| If recyclers have their way, the commercial airliner you fly today—or pieces of it, at least —could wind up as tomorrow’s building material for your house, deck, car, or cell phone. |
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| Boeing Moves Into Recycling as Jet Sales Soar |
| 27 April 2006 |
| Boeing Co., which posted a 29% jump in quarterly profit thanks to brisk
demand for airplanes, is setting up a network of companies to recycle some old
jets that its new models are replacing. Scrapping old jetliners and recovering
their materials for reuse is increasingly necessary as hundreds of old passenger
planes are retired because they are no longer safe or efficient to operate. Many
old aircraft are parked in deserts, mainly in the Southwestern U.S.
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| Boeing gives guidance to aircraft recycling group |
| 5 June 2006 - Boeing News Now |
| Boeing took another step toward formalizing its role as affiliate member
of the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association during a meeting Thursday in
Chateauroux, France. AFRA was recently established to improve
aircraft-retirement practices. Boeing provides the organization with strategic
counsel from a manufacturer’s perspective. |
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| Recycling Process for Aircraft Plastics and Composites |
| Oct 1995 - Storming Media |
| A noval low-temperature catalytic recycling process as been investigated for use in reclaiming plastics and composite materials. The plastics and composites were selected to be representative of those used in Air Force aircraft and munitions. |
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