Chemical recycling of mixed textile waste

Most postconsumer textiles are mixed fibers, complicating mechanical recycling due to material blends and contaminants

Abstract Globally, less than 0.5% of postconsumer textile waste is recycled, with the majority incinerated or ending up in landfills.…

Full text: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado6827

Author

Erha Andini, Pooja Bhalode, Evan Gantert, Sunitha Sadula, Dionisios G. Vlachos

Source

Science Advances, 2024-07-03.

Supplier

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
University of Delaware
US Department of Energy (DoE)

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