Re:Mix – material recycling of textile blends with nylon and elastane
Abstract
In a circular economy where discarded materials are recycled in resource efficient manners, also a successful shift of textile waste recovery, from incineration to high quality recycled textile fibers is necessary. It has been identified that blends containing elastane (strong increase on the market, common in stretch jeans and leggings) and nylon are very problematic components in recycling processes. This is where we will pursue a novel biological-based enzyme engineering strategy in concert with thermo-mechanical processes towards selective separation of these blends. This approach will further be implemented in case studies on selected products of high importance for the industrial partners, and the process will be supported by sustainability and cost assessments to ensure the environmental and economical relevance of the recycling scheme. The ambition of the project is to accelerate the shift of the Swedish textile industry towards a circular economy.
Enzymes Polyamidase Poylmer degradation Nylon, Elastane
Publikationen
Project staff
Doris Ribitsch
Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Doris Ribitsch
doris.ribitsch@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-97485
BOKU Project Leader
01.01.2018 - 31.12.2019
BOKU partners
External partners
Swedish Environment Research Institute
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University of Stockholm
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Copenhagen business school
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MoRe Research
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PlanMiljø
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re:newcell
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Stockholm School of Economics
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SWEREA IVF
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Swedish School of Textiles - University of Borås
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University of the Arts London
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RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
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Chalmers University of Technology and Göteborg University, Department of Physical Resource Theory
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