F1 at the forefront of the ecological transition. An interesting project involving Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team and the Hera Group for the recycling of carbon parts has started in the heart of the Motor Valley. The Racing Bulls from the Made in Italy and Emilia Romagna GP on the VCARB 01 of Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo will mount flaps made from molds with recycled carbon fibre.
The Faenza team has opened a pioneering partnership in the name of ecological transition with the Hera Group: the objective is to create increasingly sustainable single-seaters using, within the production process, carbon fiber recycled and regenerated in the innovative Imola plant .
Recovering a precious material such as carbon fiber generates positive effects in terms of sustainability and circularity, giving a second life to the composites which are fundamental in motorsport.
Once the industrialization process has been completed, it will be possible to save up to 150 tonnes of CO2 equivalent in a year, with a savings equivalent to 4,000 trees planted.
Here is the processing of recycled carbon fiber resulting from the collaboration between Racing Bulls and the Hera Group
Photo by: Hera
“The carbon fiber recycling project developed by Herambiente aligns perfectly with the objectives of VCARB and the Red Bull group for the reduction of CO2 emissions in Formula 1 – comments Enrico Fastelli, Facility Management & HSE Director of Visa Cash App RB -. The promotion of the circular economy, the attention to territorial projects and the development of new technologies that make motorsport increasingly sustainable and respectful of the environment are part of a series of activities that VCARB addresses with a holistic vision aimed at seize all possible opportunities to overcome the common challenge of climate change”.
“The partnership with the Visa Cash App RB team is fully consistent with our objectives of decarbonisation and development of the circular economy – states Andrea Ramonda, CEO of Herambiente – and has a strategic value with a view to promoting short supply chains ( reshoring) and circulars in Italy and Europe. Regenerating carbon fiber is a pioneering project for which it is important to work as a team. In this way each actor makes resources and skills available with the common objective of generating environmental, economic and social benefits”.
The Hera Group participates in the project through its subsidiary Herambiente, the leading national operator in the waste treatment sector, with around a hundred certified and cutting-edge plants.
Herambiente began experimenting with the carbon fiber recovery process some time ago, in collaboration with its technological partner Curti, in a pilot plant installed at the headquarters of the Master in Composite Materials of the University of Bologna within the Faenza Technopole.
The turning point will come with the start-up of the industrial-scale plant in Imola, among the first of its kind in Europe: it will be operational from the next few months and thanks to the innovative technology and the strategic relevance of the materials involved, it has obtained a contribution from over 2.2 million euros, within the PNRR.
Innovation and recycling processes will be at the center of the activity of the new Imola plant, where Herambiente will apply pyrogasification to the processing waste of composite materials reinforced with carbon fiber and, through hot technology, will separate the carbon fibers from other resins, regenerating a fiber with performances comparable to new ones and completing a potentially infinitely repeatable process.
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