From old pants to new seats

The mountains of old clothes are growing massively land are largely destroyed instead of being recycled and returned to the textile industry. Old textiles are a valuable raw material that can be easily reused. FBBasic is working with imat-uve, Texperium, C2C Expolab and Trützschler on an industrial solution for the recycling of old clothes made of mixed fibres. A German-Dutch consortium, supported by Interreg.

The recycled yarn is intented for auto seats but will eventually be used in other means.

By cooperation in the supply chain, a correct selection of used textiles and technological innovations in the preprocessing a fabric is made that lives up to the demands made by the automotive industry. A fantastic result as a temporary solution in our journey to the production of a fully circular fabric.

Please read the entire statement here.