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 ...

The textile waste recycling machine market is expanding due to sustainable practices, regulatory pressures, and circular economy awareness. Key opportunities include advancements in fiber-to-fiber ...

Almost 500,000 tonnes of low-value post-consumer textiles are “readily available” for ‘fibre-to-fibre’ recycling in six European countries, according to a report published in September by Fashion for ...

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 ...

Nouvelles Fibres Textiles’ partners also work closely together in R&D at the ANDRITZ Laroche and Pellenc ST technical centers to keep pushing technical boundaries. Credit: [Andritz] International ...

A seasonal closet clean-out becomes a reckoning with the global crisis of textile waste, prompting columnist Leslie Kouba to search for responsible ways to keep discarded clothes from ending up in ...

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 ...

Each year, as tens of billions of garments are made, countless unwanted clothes end up discarded — often destined for landfills or incineration. The fast fashion industry often gets blamed for ...

Recycling and sorting equipment company has been collaborating on ways to boost paper, plastic and textiles recycling, partly via its test center in Slovenia. Stadler says it is collaborating with ...