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Japanese consortium to scale up polyester recycling

22/04/2021
Japanese groups Teijin Limited, JGC Holdings Corporation and Itochu Corporation have signed a joint agreement on the license business of polyester chemical recycling technology from discarded polyester textile products.

They said: “In the fibre and textile industry, there is an urgent need to address sustainability issues such as the mass disposal of clothing as well as environmental challenges such as high levels of CO2 emitted during manufacturing.

This agreement will bring together Teijin's proprietary chemical recycling technology deployed in the manufacture of polyester, the expertise of the JGC derived from its global engineering business, and ITOCHU's extensive network of textile industry players. 

The three groups intend to establish a system for collecting discarded polyester fiber products and setting up chemical recycling technology for using these as raw materials.

Itochu is working with Lycra on its Coolmax EcoMade and Thermolite EcoMade made from 100% textiles waste.


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