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"Football shirts, sports event banners and uniforms are piled up ready to be
pumped into a machine which melts them down for recycling ready to be made into
new clothes.
In a world first in Kettering, Northamptonshire, Project Re:claim is taking
technology used for recycling plastic bottles and adapting it to reprocess
polyester textiles into granules that can be turned back into yarn for new
clothes.
The joint venture between the Salvation Army and recycling specialist Project
Plan B uses items from the charity’s sorting centre, which separates out the
10-20% of donated items that cannot be resold according to type of textile.
Infrared sensors pick out wool, cotton and nylon items that can be sent off to
experimental reprocessors and yarn makers around the world – including
polyester for the pellet-making machine.
Project Re:claim expects to recycle 2,500 tonnes of waste this year and to
double that in 2025. It is working with big retailers, including Tesco and John
Lewis, as well as specialist manufacturers such as school uniform maker David
Luke, which encourage suppliers to use the recycled polyester.
The venture, partly funded by a government-backed grant, is part of a movement
aimed at tackling the enormous pile of unwanted and unwearable clothing that is
sent to landfill or for incineration every year, and the high carbon emissions
of the fashion industry."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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