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Project to optimise textile waste end-uses

19/12/2024
Infinited Fiber has joined a new EU-funded research project called Tex-Insect that seeks to investigate the potential of a technology developed by fellow Scandinavian innovator Norbite. This Swedish start-up has found that the larvae of Galleria mellonella are able to “digest and transform synthetic polymers into valuable products such as proteins and lipids,” it said. Norbite is seeking to build an insect-based biorefinery whose output could be used in various applications such as biofertilisers, adhesives or animal feed.

During the two-year programme, Infinited Fiber will collect all synthetic residues from its processes and send these to Norbite to see what kind of bioproducts they could yield.

Infinited Fiber’s recycling process transforms cotton-rich textile waste into a man-made cellulosic fibre it has branded Infinna. The company said that its technology can tolerate a fair amount of non-cotton fibres such as polyester or elastane. This project thus intends to assess the potential value of a side stream for the post-consumer textile waste the company processes.

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