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Axens, IFP Energies Nouvelles, and JEPLAN report a successful major industrial test of their Rewind PET technology, chemically recycling post-consumer, polyester-rich textile waste back into PET monomers at a semi‑industrial demonstration unit with 1,000 ton/year capacity. The result showcases textile-to-monomer recycling at demo scale and marks a step toward circular polyester for the apparel sector.

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Polyester-rich textile wastes are recycled to monomer at demonstration plant

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AXENS (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net), IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.ifpenergiesnouvelles.com) and JEPLAN Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.jeplan.co.jp) announced today the success of a major industrial test for recycling post-consumer textile waste rich in polyester (polyethylene terephthalate; PET) using their Rewind® PET technology. This test was carried out in their semi-industrial unit (capacity 1,000 ton/year) operated by […]

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