The invention relates to a method for producing charge carriers which substantially comprise composite material made up of recycled material, curable binders and possibly fibres and are obtainable by preparing a mixture (figure 2, item 3) of recycled materials, binder particles and possibly fibres in a gas stream; introducing the gas mixture prepared in this way (figure 2, item 3) into a closed multipart mould (figure 1 and figure 2, items 1 and 2) having a lower mould (figure 1 and figure 2 and figure 3, item 1) and at least one gas-permeable upper mould (figure 1 and figure 2, item 2); possibly changing the upper mould; curing the formed mixture (figure 2, item 3) in the mould (figure 1 and figure 2, items 1 and 2) by heating and/or compressing with the upper mould and thereby curing the binder and thereby bonding the constituents of the mixture, leaving it to cool and demoulding the charge carrier, and also relates to charge carriers produced thereby.