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FIBRE-TO-FIBRE CHEMICAL RECYCLING
Advancing the ecosystem towards the UK’s first chemical recycling plant
Polymer recycling is a key part of the solution to replacing virgin textile commodities, including cotton and oil.
The aims of polymer recycling processes are to create, over time, an economically viable alternative to virgin materials with the same level of quality and performance.
A fibre-to-fibre future needs industrial scale polymer recycling plants in the UK to process our high volumes non-reusable, non-resellable textiles.
Circle-8 is the official UK licensee of Worn Again Technologies’ patented process.
PROCESS
How it works.
Worn Again Technologies' polymer recycling process is able to separate, decontaminate and extract polyester and cellulose (from cotton) from non-reusable textiles. The recaptured materials are sent into the textiles manufacturing supply chain to be spun back into fibre, yarn and textiles.
Polymer recycling benefits regional economies and the environment by:
Using less energy, therefore less CO², than producing new textile materials from virgin resources
Diverting textile waste from landfill and incineration and into valuable new materials
Boosting economic growth by turning textiles waste into new resources for the global marketplace
Replacing polyester made from oil with polyester made from existing textiles
Displacing new cotton with cellulosic materials to make viscose and other man made cellulosic fibres, currently made from trees
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