The world first polyester textile recycling would be showcased next week.at the UK fashion sourcing expo Source Fashion which takes place from 16-18 July at Olympia London where Project Re: claim, a commercial-scale, post-consumer polyester recycling plant would be showcased.
The producers claim it to be the first of its kind that has been developed under a joint venture between corporate wear specialists Project Plan B and Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd (SATCoL), the trading arm of the charity.
Visitors to Source Fashion will be able to discover how polyester textiles have been successfully recycled back into raw material during a live seminar on the new technology on Monday 17. Project Plan B developed the exclusive polyester recycling system which is based on plastic bottle recycling. The machine will be installed by the Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd (SATCoL) at their Processing base in Kettering in September.
The SATCol already sorts and processes around 65,000 tonnes of donated textiles every year.
Suzanne Ellingham, director of sourcing at Source Fashion said we are very excited to offer SATCoL a global platform at Source Fashion to launch Project Re: claim’s groundbreaking technology. The new plant will recycle around 2,500 tonnes in its first year, rising to 5,000 tonnes in year two. The technology creates polyester pellets and has successfully produced the first yarn from these.
A spokesman of SATCol said with this new technology we can give these clothes a new lease of life.
So when your favorite jumper is worn out, we will take it and turn it into polyester pellets, ready to be turned back into a new jumper. This is the future of fashion.
