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Advances in textile recycling
February 1st, 2025
Materials regeneration company Reju™ has textile circularity as its mission and is working with industry partners such as WM® and Goodwill in the U.S. to develop regional systems for collection and recycling. Image: Reju Many consider advanced textile recycling, including chemical, enzymatic and molecular technologies, to be the path to true circularity, making waste into […]
Textile recycling confronts hurdles of cost, scalability
August 1st, 2024
At the Sweden-based Siptex textile recycling facility, the sorting machines use near-infrared and visual spectroscopy to take mixed textile waste and sort the items by fiber type. These bales are ready for their next processing step, whether that’s chemical or mechanical recycling. Image: Siptex Textile waste is a massive problem throughout the world. The European […]