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Groundbreaking Solutions to Recycle Blend Textiles without Quality Loss

The four-year innovative partnership between the non-profit H&M Foundation and The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) finds groundbreaking solutions to recycle blend textiles into new fabrics and yarns – without any quality loss – through a hydrothermal (chemical) process. The technology will be scaled up and made available to the global fashion industry. The finding is a major breakthrough in the journey towards a closed loop for textiles.

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Britain’s recycling: How We Perform By Region

In the UK, it is local authorities who operate a range of different systems that are in place to collect recyclable materials from households. However, depending on where you live in the UK, the recycling habits of your neighbours will change drastically, and the amount that we recycle appears to be inconsistent when evaluating the UK as a whole.

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PET Recyclers Suffer Lower Input Qualities

BRUSSELS – The average yield of the PET recyclers has decreased from 73% to 68% since 2011. This 5 points decrease has led to substantial and additional cost for the European PET recyclers[1]. Additionally, recyclers are obliged to discard more material in order to achieve good quality of recycled PET.

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New Technology May Revolutionize Textile Recycling

Automatic rather than manual sorting provides new opportunities for increased textile recycling. In a unique pilot plant in Avesta, a thirty-metre machine uses optical sensors to sort textiles based on their fibre content.

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Achieving zero waste to landfill: is this ever possible?

All organisations now need to apply waste hierarchy protocols when dealing with and disposing of their waste, which was stipulated by guidelines introduced in 2011. These rules enforce that all organisations who deal with waste should dispose of it in an environmentally friendly way.

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Is Plastic ever Environmentally Friendly?

Plastic has taken a huge amount of blame as one of the main culprits for filling up landfill sites, and contributing to global warming. Whilst the finger is often pointed at gas-guzzling motors, plastic is very much blamed for the environmental damage.

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Presona AB

Presona have been designing, supplying and maintaining prepress technology balers for more than 70 years.

Sesotec GmbH

Manufacturers and developers of inspection, separation and sorting systems

Eastern Instruments, Inc.

Solid Particle Flow Meters and Feeders. Where accurate flow control is required.

Klinkenberg Zaanstad BV

Klinkenberg BV is specialized in internal transport and bulk handling using screw conveyors

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