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Teijin Frontier

Recycling Textiles / Polyester Apparel

13 April 2023

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The new foreign material removal technology swells the PU elastomer fibre, breaks the chemical bonds and dissolves them with the new processing agent. Simultaneously, the agent eliminates foreign substances including dyes to optimise decolourisation of the polyester fibre.

Teijin Frontier’s Novel Technology Facilitates Fibre-to-Fibre Recycling of Discarded Polyester Apparel

Japan's Teijin Frontier has announced that it has developed a new foreign material removal technology that eliminates both polyurethane (PU) elastomer fibre and dyes from discarded polyester apparel.

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