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Textile Recycling / Polycotton

31 January 2025

Samples of polycotton waste textile before (left) and after (right) processing. The sample at the right is transparent since all cotton has been removed; only the polyester remains.

New Research Paves Way for Viable Recycling of Polycotton Textile Waste

A new research provides a solution to the mammoth problem of recycling textile waste — perhaps the first effective method for recycling both cotton and polyester components of polycotton with high efficiency.

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Staff Writer

Closing the Loop / T-Rex Project

27 October 2022

2 minutes

The recent ‘Sorting for Circularity Europe’ report indicates that 74% of low value, post-consumer textiles are readily available for fibre-to-fibre recycling in six European countries. This finding offers an immense opportunity to accelerate textile recycling, but still requires an integrated approach to deliver for scale.

New Consortium to Drive Closed-Loop Sorting, and Recycling of Household Textile Waste Across EU

A consortium of 12 major players from across the entire recycling value chain has launched a EU-funded project to create a circular system for post-consumer textile waste. The T-REX Project (Textile Recycling Excellence) will work to create a harmonised EU blueprint for closed-loop sorting, and recycling of household textile waste.

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Staff Writer

Young India Fashion Survey 2025

Textile Recycling Expo

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Trade Barriers on Second-Hand Clothing Disrupt a Globally Significant Reverse Supply Chain

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Unified standards, greater efficiency, and reduced fragmentation could be the shared goal of the future for the industry. However, achieving this would be incredibly challenging; hence tailoring solutions to specific contexts while ensuring coherence and interoperability across different regions is the way forward.

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