Reports and studies

This document presents an in-depth overview of thermomechanical textile recycling and serves as a guide for stakeholders to better understand the current applications, constraints, and perspectives related to the thermomechanical recycling pathway. It includes: an analysis of thermoplastic fibers the main steps of thermomechanical recycling the applications and challenges of this process

This document provides a comprehensive overview of mechanical recycling route for textiles and serves as a guide for stakeholders to understand current applications, limitations, and opportunities in textile mechanical recycling. It includes : an overview of the mechanical recycling processes the applications of these processes the current challenges of this recycling route

Summary by Refashion - June 2024

Note presenting the synergies between the Construction and Textiles & Footwear sectors.

This workshop provided an opportunity to establish the state of the art for the recycling of non-reusable footwear in France, by bringing together representative players from the entire value chain: sorting operators, technical centres, recyclers and marketers. The dismantling of shoes and the recovery of components are among the many constraints to be lifted in order to recycle shoes, even before talking about the industrialisation of recycling. Refashion Recyle Platform’s Stakeholders: CETIA, CTC, Fédération Française de la Chaussure, Groupe ERAM, Revalorem et Salomon

This workshop brought together stakeholders around a common topic: polyamide recycling. Its development seems today to be slowed down by the viability of the economic model more than by the recycling technology itself. Although there are many other constraints which need to be removed such as the conponents mix in the textiles. Refashion Recyle Platform’s Stakeholders: CETI, Cycl-add, Infinite Athletic, Chamatex, Emmaus Vertex and Etam

This workshop takes makes of the current state of polyester fibre recycling in France, thanks to constructive exchanges between sorting operators, technical centres, recyclers and marketers, in closed and open loops. In particular, it appears that the sorting and unravelling stages are decisive before going any further in the recycling process. Obstacles to the correct identification of textile materials persist: conponents mix, the presence in small proportions of some materials (elastane), the use of certain pigments or the 3D structure (multilayers, coating, etc.). Refashion Recyle Platform’s Stakeholders: Buitex, Brochier technologies, Cetelor, Rossignol, Michelin, Mapea, Ain Fibres and Synergies TLC