Recycling

A start-up with a meteoric rise almost and a sudden burn out, bankruptcy-hit Renewcell, now awaits investments to put it back on track. texfash.com talks to its Chief Commercial Officer Tricia Carey to know more.

A team of researcher's at Lund University in Sweden have devised a technique whereby viscose can be created from used cotton textiles. This new process can save a lot of forest resources, and is also rather inexpensive.

H&M Group has taken steps to scale textile-to-textile recycling. Textile as in polyester, promising a "lower impact on the planet.”

Swedish textile recycling pioneer Renewcell has decided to file for bankruptcy. The reason for the company going bust has nothing to do with either its product or facilities, but a global fashion  industry that is still unwilling to increase its uptake of recycled fibres.

The Accelerating Circularity Project (ACP) has begun work on ‘Building Circular Systems’ (BCS) that promise to enable the reduction of the textile industry’s GHG impacts and reduce the volume of textiles going to landfill and incineration. 

Textile-to-textile recycling of polyester as also complex clothing waste hitherto considered unsuitable for recycling could soon go mainstream.

In a move to provide speedy recycling solution for industry applications, the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited (HKRITA) and Seiko Epson Corporation have inked an agreement to develop an innovative fibre recycling solution.

There’s yet another alternative to genuine leather as pre-consumer recycled leather is fused with Lenzing’s Tencel lyocell fibres to create an all new nextgen material in a resource-saving, closed-loop production process.

Refashion, a producer responsibility organisation, has launched Industrial Challenge, a project that seeks to deploy innovative industrial solutions for recycling non-reusable used textiles and footwear in France and Europe.

The ever-growing textile industry has a few recycling options for waste fabrics to keep end-of-use clothing articles within the value chain. Experiments showcase a new technology that can separate fibres in mixed fabrics.