[ FEATURE ] TEXTILE RECYCLING CONFRONTS HURDLES COST, SCALABILITY AND MORE by Annemarie Mannion At the Sweden-based Siptex textile recycling facility, the sorting machines use near-infrared and visual spectroscopy to take mixed textile waste and sort the items by fiber type. These bales are ready for their next processing step, whether that's chemical or mechanical recycling. Image: Siptex 66 SPECIALTY FABRICS REVIEW / August 2024