textile recovery

Issue 03/2023 Textile circular economy

The sorting challenge

To this day, only a tiny fraction of discarded textiles is recycled. While the clothing industry has doubled production in the last 15 years, the time garments are worn has fallen by more than 30 %....

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ANDRITZ, Nouvelles Fibres Textiles and Pellenc ST enter partnership for an innovative approach in textile recycling

International technology group ANDRITZ entered an ambitious partnership with Pellenc ST and Nouvelles Fibres Textiles to set up the very first industrial-scale automatic textile sorting line in France...

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Novafiber starts up textile recycling and airlay lines from ANDRITZ at its mill in Palín, Guatemala

International technology group ANDRITZ has delivered, installed, and commissioned a mechanical textile recycling line and an airlay line at Novafiber’s nonwovens production mill in Palín, Guatemala....

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Renaissance Textile starts up textile recycling line delivered by ANDRITZ

Renaissance Textile in Laval/France has successfully started up a complete textile recycling line, delivered, installed, and commissioned by ANDRITZ Laroche, part of the international technology group...

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The future of textiles & footwear recycling

With the production of textiles for clothing, linen and footwear expected to increases by 2.7 % each year up until 2030 (“The State of Fashion 2021”, Business of Fashion & McKinsey et Company’s), the...

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ANDRITZ signs cooperation agreement on textile recycling with CIRC

ANDRITZ has signed a cooperation agreement with CIRC LLC, located in Danville, Virginia/USA, to bundle each party’s expertise in the field of textile recycling and to upscale CIRC’s recycling...

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Issue 04/2020 Efficient waste management of the future

Austropressen – with intelligent technology for sustainability and conservation of resources with synthetic materials

Recycling, conservation of resources and genuine circular economy are central philosophies of Roither Maschinenbau GesmbH, Seewalchen/Austria. By designing Austropressen presses each for a specific...

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Issue 04/2019 Throwaway clothing

The limitations of textile recycling

The global consumption of clothing and textiles is increasing significantly faster than the population is growing. Clothing has become a disposable commodity. With less than 1 % recycling, we would be...

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Issue 01/2019 Electrifies Efficiency

MHL820 from FUCHS in use at Recycler Van Dijk Containers

Recycler Van Dijk Containers is located in the carpet city of Genemuiden, on the Zwarte Meer inland sea. The company sees itself as a professional environmental center where all types of waste can be...

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