#207 Malcolm Forsyth on Circular Composites: From End‑of‑Service to Industrial Scale

Circularity is not a buzzword—and Malcolm Forsyth proves
why.

Right after the European Circular Composites Alliance General
Assembly in Brussels, I sat down with Malcolm
Forsyth, Sustainability Manager at Composites UK
- Trade Association, to talk about what really matters
now: end of service versus end of life, circularity at industrial
scale, and why technology is no longer the main
bottleneck—economics and design decisions are.

This is an engineering conversation, not a marketing one.

We discuss decarbonisation, recycling routes, automotive scale‑up
challenges, and why European collaboration through ECCA and
The European Composites Industry Association;
EuCIA is essential if composites are to become truly
circular.

Just two weeks ago, we launched the very first 


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#Composites360onTour newsletter with
Julia Minici of Afterwind—and
more than 4,000 of you subscribed. That response showed me how
strong the appetite is for deep, technically grounded content
like this.

So here we go again.

This edition follows the same format:

Part 1 as native video in the cover, Part 2 embedded in the
newsletter body.

The full episode is available on YouTube, with an audio podcast
release coming shortly—just search Composites
Lounge on your favourite app.

You can also meet Malcolm in person at JEC World 2026 at the UK
Pavilion organised by Composites UK Trade Association, Hall 6,
Stands S62 and T62, and in the Circularity Forum session he will
moderate on Wednesday, March 11th.

Read the new 


#Composites360onTour newsletter and watch the
interviews embedded.

Subscribe to this newsletter format if you want first‑hand access
to the people shaping the future of composites, advanced
materials and engineering in Europe.

Thank you to JEC and EUCIA for their relentless
support in helping composites become what they truly deserve to
be.

YouTube Episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akW8wMbV7Ec&feature=youtu.be