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Less than 1 per cent of used textiles worldwide are recycled into new textile fibres.
But now, a novel technology is changing things for the better.
German startup eeden has developed a chemical process that recovers cellulose from cotton and transforms polyester into its basic building blocks.
Both raw materials can then be processed into new, high-quality textile fibres and given a second life, creating a sustainable and economically beneficial closed loop.
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