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Green chemistry start-up breaks down blends

07/06/2024

Founded in 2019 by Steffen Gerlach and Reiner Mantsch and based in Münster, Germany, Eeden has developed a chemical recycling process for polyester/cotton blend fabrics, which it says reverts polyester back into its monomers and cotton into cellulose powder. Taking a fully green chemistry approach to this challenging category of feedstock, the...

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