Milestone
This action establishes the legal requirement that all new aircraft procurement must prioritize recyclability, such as mandating that a high percentage of an airframe to be recyclable by 2035 and including a "digital product passport" for all components.
Without this mandate, manufacturers will continue to use "virgin" raw materials and "black-box" designs. This locks in a wasteful, linear model, creating massive resource bottlenecks and an unmanageable waste problem when the entire global fleet is retired.
Scenario
Optimising together
Context Factor
A self-sustaining, circular aviation market supported by established economic and industrial models.
Timeline
Short term
PESTEL
Empower global institutions with a binding mandate for the net-zero transition.
This action involves convening member states to formally grant key bodies (e.g., ICAO) binding regulatory and enforcement powers, moving them beyond their current advisory-only status to create a single, level playing field.
Read moreDefine a common global standard for calculating 'life cycle emissions values'.
This involves a global agreement on a single, transparent methodology to calculate all emissions, such as a mandatory, unified 'cradle-to-cradle' Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for all aircraft and fuels.
Read moreLaunch full-scale, circular industrialization for net-zero aircraft.
This action involves building the new supply chains required to support the circular economy. This includes constructing the first large-scale, automated facilities for disassembling retired airframes and recycling valuable 'end-of-life' composite materials.
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