Low-cost durable composite tooling materials based on recycled post-consumer carpet materials

More than 250,000 metric tons (600 million pounds) of carpet is discarded in landfills each year in USA, and is a big concern in terms of environmental pollution and economical liability. It is therefore necessary to develop sustainable post-consumer carpet-based products for high-value engineering applications such as composite tooling. To be considered as an acceptable composite tooling material, a composite has to meet several property …