Development of new treatment methods and processes for recycling textile waste of multi-material composition
Abstract
The project aims to develop novel bio-based technologies for the selective separation and recovery of synthetic textile fibers for recycling in the textile industry. This is based on the use of enzymes that can metabolize or degrade highly specific macromolecules. While the degradation of cellulose by enzymes has been studied in nature for 150 years and has also been used for decades for engineering applications, enzymes that are also able to metabolize synthetic fibers have been developed quite recently. Due to the high specificity of these enzymes, it is possible to gradually "extract" valuable components from textile residual flows of multi-material composition and / or to recycle certain fibers by systematic and gentle separation of unwanted fibers.
keywords Textile waste
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Project staff
Georg Gübitz
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Georg Gübitz
guebitz@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-97001, 97402
BOKU Project Leader
18.06.2018 - 31.10.2019
Gibson Stephen Nyanhongo
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Gibson Stephen Nyanhongo
g.nyanhongo@boku.ac.at
BOKU Project Leader
01.11.2017 - 17.06.2018
Felice Quartinello
Dr.nat.techn. Felice Quartinello MSc.
felice.quartinello@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-97488
Project Staff
01.11.2017 - 31.10.2019
BOKU partners
External partners
ecoplus. The Business Agency of Lower Austria
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coordinator
Thermoplastkreislauf GmbH
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partner
HUYCK.WANGNER Austria GmbH
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partner
StarlingerCompany
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partner
SALESIANER MIETTEX GmbH
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Ing. Gerhard Fildan Gesellschaft m.b.H.
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Multiplast Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH
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HERKA GmbH
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DI Monika Renate Daucher
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partner
Vienna University of Technology, Division of process engineering
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partner
Montanuniversität Leoben, Lehrstuhl für Kunststoffverarbeitung
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partner