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The cumulating carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite wastes need to be disposed efficiently. So far, the most effective thermal-based recycling technique, namely pyrolysis, has grown exponentially towards industrial scaling in developed countries such as the UK and Germany. Typically, even the slightest mistakes can cause unfavorable results and delays in workflow within such a massive operating environment (e.g., >1 tonnes/day operating capacity). The existing semi-automated and, in some cases, fully automated plants should be continuously updated to resemble the varying classes and volume of the CFRP composite wastes. To overcome such research gaps and imprecise manual errors, Internet-of-Things (IoT) based framework is proposed. This paper studies the theoretical implementation of an IoT-based framework into the pyrolysis process to recycle CFRP composite waste to manage the …