PET machinery groups explore fibre recycling

18 April 2023

PET machinery groups explore fibre recycling

CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK

Polyester fibre manufacturers use huge volumes of PET in the yarn products they supply to the textiles industry. Yet the waste arising from fibre spinning has not been seen as suitable for recycling into new fibre products. That situation is starting to change, though, as the move to circularity in the clothes market is placing a new emphasis on reusing waste generated in the value chain. Spotting an emerging trend, PET recycling machinery groups are demonstrating that high-quality fibre-to-fibre recycling can be achieved with their solutions for decontamination and intrinsic viscosity (IV) control, as recent developments at BBE, Erema and Gneuss have shown.

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