Composite materials, widely used in industries such as wind power, are durable but difficult to recycle. As the wind energy sector continues to grow rapidly, the need to manage end-of-life turbine blades and other composite products has become an urgent environmental and industrial issue. Across Europe and especially around the Baltic Sea, there is increasing pressure to develop circular solutions that prevent valuable materials from ending up as waste.

At present, most composite waste cannot be efficiently recycled or reused. Companies in the wind power, plastics, and construction sectors lack proven methods and value chains to process reinforced plastics sustainably. Without cross-border collaboration, the expertise, infrastructure, and business models needed for large-scale recycling remain fragmented and underdeveloped.

The CompositeCircle project brings together experts from six countries (Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Denmark and Sweden) to create a shared circular economy model for composite materials. Together we develop recycling pathways and business ecosystems that make it possible to reuse composite waste instead of landfilling it.

Over the three-year implementation period (2025–2028) we connect 24 partner organisations representing the wind power, composite, waste management, cement, and chemical sectors. The project builds collaboration through four international workshops, knowledge exchange, and pilot initiatives that develop and test new recycling solutions. Coordinated by Centria University of Applied Sciences, the consortium combines research, industry expertise, and policy dialogue to remove technical and market barriers to composite recycling.

The project has already attracted a broad network of industry and research partners committed to advancing composite recycling. The work of all partners support companies in applying new methods and connecting to international value chains. This enables real-world recycling of composite materials across the Baltic Sea Region.

Through CompositeCircle, we are helping to build a future where composite materials circulate safely and efficiently across borders, turning waste into a resource and innovation into collaboration.