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Video: Chemical Textile Recycling - Documentary 'Fibers of Gold' [HD]

This documentary presents the work of two research groups that have invented chemical processes to recycle textile waste, revolutionising the way raw materials for textiles can be sourced in the future. Source: Youtube, Paula Lorenz

Apr 15, 2019

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H&M Foundation and HKRITA to open textile recycling facilities in Hong Kong

The H&M Foundation and The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) have announced the opening of two textile recycling facilities which will put HKRITA’s hydrothermal method for recycling cotton and polyester blends to use. Blends are the most used type of textile in the world -- yet, they are still unrecyclable. “This is a...

Sep 5, 2018