TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH: SUCCESSFUL METHOD FOUND FOR RECYCLING BLEND TEXTILES INTO NEW FIBERS

The four-year innovative partnership between the non-profit H&M Foundation and The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) finds groundbreaking solutions to recycle blend textiles into new fabrics and yarns – without any quality loss – through a hydrothermal (chemical) process. The technology will be scaled up and made available to the global fashion industry. The finding is a major breakthrough in the journey towards a closed loop for textiles.“For too long the fashion industry has not been able to properly recycle its products, since there’s no commercially viable