Conventional foam composites—such those used in surfboards—rely on two or more distinct constituent materials with different mechanical properties, combined to create a new material with enhanced properties. For example, surfboards are manufactured from a polyurethane or EPS foam cores wrapped with fibreglass and thermoset resins.

These materials are permanently bonded, making them almost impossible to economically, mechanically and efficiently recycle - while also requiring complex, multi-step manufacturing processes.

Our innovative manufacturing technology replaces this approach with a single-polymer system that enables full mechanical recyclability at EOL.

Waste material can be recovered and reprocessed into either secondary products (open-loop recycling) or new advanced composites (closed-loop recycling), establishing a viable circular-economy pathway for foam composite products.

This represents a significant departure from existing products and previously commercialised “eco” alternatives, which have typically failed to achieve scalability, cost-efficiency, or performance parity.

Launching with it's novel advanced foam composite surfboard pilot product, Foamie intends to establish the first circular-economy surfboard market in Australia, setting precedence for other industries and enabling application for the manufacturing of other traditional composite products.

By capturing EOL waste to be reprocessed into new products through closed-loop (circular) or open-loop recycling, we can help reduce landfill, lower carbon emissions, and supports NSW’s Net Zero and circular economy targets, directly aligning with state sustainability priorities.

By advancing a genuinely recyclable composite solution that meets performance and commercial criteria, Foamie strengthens NSW’s innovation ecosystem, supports sustainability goals, and reinforces the state’s competitiveness in advanced materials and manufacturing.

This provides NSW with the opportunity to be a leader in innovative, sustainable composite technologies with potential for global export, while promoting a circular economy.