Chemical sorting can be utilized to selectively collect polyester from waste plastics and textiles. In the product stream, clean polyesters are obtained because the process eliminates colorants and ...

Polyester production is predicted to surpass 80m tonnes by 2030. Credit: Shutterstock. Polyester will remain by far the most widely used type of fibre in textile and garment production for the ...

Polyester plastics, commonly found in synthetic textiles and plastic components of home appliances, are notoriously difficult to recycle. In a study recently published in the Proceedings of the ...

The apparel industry accounts for 10% of global carbon emissions. The annual amount of fiber production reached 113 million tons in 2021 * and the demand is increasing every year. However, almost 90% ...

85% of discarded textiles were relegated to landfills or incineration plants in 2018, according to EPA. Credit: anna.spoka/Shutterstock. The creation of this database comes as a response to the ...

Researchers have developed a new method to break down complex polyester waste like fibres and textiles into reusable building blocks, without having to sort it beforehand. These building blocks can ...

(L-R) Mathieu BERTHOUD, Strategic Sourcing Director, CARBIOS; Vibeke KROHN, Head of TOMRA Textiles;Emmanuel LADENT, CEO, CARBIOS; Mari Larsen SÆTHER, Recycling Lead, TOMRA Textiles · GlobeNewswire Inc ...

HERZOGENAURACH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global sports company PUMA has today announced that it has scaled up its textile recycling innovation, RE:FIBRE, replacing recycled polyester with RE:FIBRE ...

India’s textile recycling industry is driving global circular fashion, turning waste into sustainable fabrics and ...

For an industry desperate to reduce waste and increase sustainability, fibre-to-fibre recycling is often described as fashion retail’s “holy grail”. New fibres could be spun from old, creating a ...