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side and by consumers pushing people
to design products that are more easily
recyclable and more circular in nature. "
COMPANIES AREN'T
GOING IT ALONE
Magruder says increasing textile
recycling can't be done in isolation.
She says companies need to be " part
of a collaboration, because you are not
going to figure it out on your own.
We're trying to build new systems.
Even the biggest companies can't do
it alone. " Accelerating Circularity
has created the Alliance of Textile
Chemical Recyclers working group
to collaborate, provide sustainably
sourced/circular materials and provide
long-term price stability and consistent
supply of raw materials.
While there are still obstacles
to overcome, Lister believes textile
recycling will be embraced. " Most
every mid-sized company has a
director of HSE [health, safety and
the environment] with increasing
emphasis on sustainability, with
public companies issuing annual
environmental, social and governance
reports that are viewed by investors
as being every bit as important as
financial annual reports, " he says.
" There is a healthy push-pull driving
textile circularity that is generating
momentum and [that] I'm confident
will result in significant improvement
addressing this critically important
environmental challenge. "
Annemarie Mannion is a freelance writer
based in Willowbrook, Ill.
" Our vision is
a world where
textiles are no
longer wasted. "
Karla Magruder
Accelerating Circularity
Infrastructure bill funding second
molecular recycling plant
The U.S. Department of Energy selected Eastman Chemical Company
as one of 33 companies to receive industrial decarbonization
funding of up to $375 million. The funds are from the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law and Inflation
Reduction Act for the construction
of a second U.S. molecular recycling
facility, to be in Longview, Texas.
The plant will prepare mixed plastic
waste for processing, projecting
approximately 110,000 metric tons
(121,254 U.S. tons) annually, to
create new materials for packaging
and textiles. The company says the
site also includes enough space for
on-site renewable energy. Eastman
also received state and local tax
The molecular recycling facility in
Kingsport, Tenn. Image: Eastman
incentives valued at approximately $70 million.
Eastman's first molecular recycling facility is now online in
Kinsgsport, Tenn., and ramping up throughout 2024. The company
also has plans to invest in another plant in France.
Groundbreaking on enzymatic
recycling plant
In late April, CARBIOS held a groundbreaking
ceremony for its biorecycling plant to be
constructed in Longlaville, France. The plant
is to be the first industrial-scale enzymatic
recycling plant for PET and is expected to
process 50,000 metric tons (55,116 U.S. tons)
of difficult-to-recycle waste annually, including
postconsumer textiles. The company equates
it to " 2 billion colored bottles, 2.5 billion food
trays or 300 million T-shirts. "
CARBIOS is partnering with Hündgen,
a German company specializing in waste
management in logistics, sorting and recycling.
Indorama Ventures sold CARBIOS the land.
The French government and the region are
supporting the venture with 54 million euros
as part of the France 2030 program.
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