‘A world first’: project recycles polyester into yarn for new clothes

‘A world first’: project recycles polyester into yarn for new clothes

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/11/a-world-first-project-recycles-polyester-into-yarn-for-new-clothes

A venture that uses methods applied to plastic bottles for old textiles aims to tackle the UK’s mountain of unwanted garments

Football shirts, sports event banners and uniforms are piled up ready to be pumped into a machine which melts them down for recycling ready to be made into new clothes.