Funding for textile sorting technology
26/10/2016
Social enterprise Circle Economy has developed Fibersort technology, which it claims is the first automated sorting technology that can sort large volumes of mixed post-consumer textiles based on the fibres in the fabrics. It hopes to increase the amount of textile recycling that takes place in order to create a closed-loop industry.
The funding will go towards further optimising the technology, as well as demonstrating it to those within the textile industry. A further €1.5 million will be provided by project partners.
“This funding is essential to bringing the Fibersort technology to the next level,” said Gwen Cunningham, project manager of Circle Textiles, part of Circle Economy. “We are thrilled to be able to bring a key, enabling technology for a closed loop textile industry to the market.”
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