Polyester textiles account for 2/3 of the global PET market of around 100 million tons. Only 13% of textile waste is currently recycled, and only 1% is recycled "fiber-to-fiber" 1,2 Carbios has ...

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 ...

After years of pilot projects and false starts, textile-to-textile recycling is finally investing in large-scale production ...

Researchers have developed a way of recycling one of the most popular but environmentally problematic of fabrics: polyester. Their new method is simple, non-toxic for humans and the environment and, ...

The plant aims to showcase Worn Again’s textile-to-fiber recycling process at scale and provide testing for real-world ...

The company sees textile production scrap and end-of-life textiles as increasingly important feedstock sources. Unifi's Textile Takeback program targets production scrap and end-of-life garments made ...

A Textile-to-Fibre Accelerator plant – which the company has started up in Winterthur, Switzerland – showcases Worn Again’s proprietary chemical recycling technology at scale, providing a real-world ...

Technology to be made available to partner fibre manufacturers for large-scale production in June 2025, with targeted annual production capacity of 3,000 metric tonnes SINGAPORE, Jan. 22, 2025 ...

Substantial efforts are being made to advance recycling technologies, transforming discarded plastics into raw materials that can be reused. Chemical recycling emerges as a major frontier in this ...

The new joint venture will use a chemical-recycling technology called dimethyl terephthalate (DMT), which decomposes and converts polyester (PET) and then repolymerizes it. Notably, the DMT method ...

Scientists at the University of Portsmouth are to develop ‘plastic-eating’ enzymes that could help solve the ever-growing problem of waste polyester clothing. Polyester is the most widely-used ...

Lululemon and Samsara will create new recycled nylon and polyester from apparel waste. The partnership is Lululemon’s first minority investment with a recycling company, and it is Samsara’s largest ...