News
Where old aeroplanes go to die - Thu, 12 Jul 2007
... Increasingly, aircraft are being made of carbon fibre - the substance makes up 50% of Boeing's 787. And this, says the company's Bill Glover, presents a new recycling challenge.
"We realised that we needed to take some steps to address the ability to recycle that material at end of life. So we set out to find that technology." And how happy are Boeing with what they've found? "We're just tickled pink," says Glover.
At the Milled Carbon factory in West Bromwich you can see what's tickling him...
