Advanced carbon material
The circular side of the carbon economy. These materials recover carbon from renewable feedstocks and end-of-life products, cutting the footprint of a supply chain still dominated by fossil sources.
What is biomass & recycled carbons
Biomass and recycled carbons are carbon materials drawn from renewable biomass feedstocks or recovered from end-of-life products, with the goal of a lower-footprint, more circular carbon supply. The category spans recovered carbon black from scrap tyres, reclaimed carbon fibre from manufacturing waste and end-of-life parts, bio-based activated carbon, and sustainable feedstocks that can substitute for fossil-derived cokes and carbon blacks. The common thread is displacing virgin, fossil-based carbon with recovered or renewable equivalents without giving up the performance industry depends on.
Material properties
Market outlook
The recycled carbon fibre market is estimated in the low hundreds of millions of dollars, commonly cited around $170 to $250 million in 2024, growing at low double digit rates as automotive and aerospace adopt reclaimed fibre. Recovered carbon black, recovered from end of life tyres by pyrolysis, is a larger and faster scaling stream, with estimates ranging from a few hundred million to over $2 billion depending on scope, also growing at double digit rates.
Where biomass & recycled carbons appears in our coverage
How biomass & recycled carbons fits the carbon ecosystem
The above is for illustration purposes only and does not represent every possible data point.
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