PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles nonprofit is reusing repurposed carbon fiber and underutilized Northwest timber to tackle everything from microplastics to military housing — and, potentially, the Olympic Peninsula’s affordable housing shortage.

Composite Recycling Technology Center (CRTC) operates across 50,000 square feet of manufacturing space in two buildings at the Port of Port Angeles Airport Business Park, where its 46 employees design, develop and manufacture innovate products made from high-performance carbon fiber and advanced cross-laminated timber — materials that are more sustainable than conventional alternatives.

According to the state’s Clean Energy Fund, about 29 million pounds of carbon fiber scrap used in everything from automobiles to aircraft to boats to wind turbines e

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