breakthrough! The world’s first closed-circuit green recycling technology for polyester and spandex blended fabrics promotes the sustainable development of the textile and apparel industry

The textile and apparel industry is the second most polluting industry in the world after petrochemicals. Under the framework of global carbon neutrality, the transformation to green, low-carbon and sustainable development is an inevitable trend in the development of the textile and apparel industry, and “from fiber to fiber (Fiber
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“Fiber” technology path will become the only way for the industry to successfully transform. Some single-component fabrics, such as rayon, polyester fiber and other “fiber-to-fiber” recycling technologies have been gradually overcome, and relevant companies have achieved stable mass production or On the way to mass production. However, single-component fabrics are only a small part of clothing fabrics, and most clothing uses blended fabrics of two or more components. Only the closed circuit “from fiber to fiber” of blended fabrics can be solved Regarding the issue of recycling and regeneration, the sustainable development of the textile and apparel industry will not be “just talk on paper”.

The technical team of Qingdao Amino Material Technology Co., Ltd. from China has achieved effective separation of polyester and spandex blended fabrics through a special catalytic process system. For the first time in the world, it has successfully achieved a non-destructive, fully closed-circuit cycle of polyester and spandex blended fabrics: separation The spandex component can be turned into regenerated spandex yarn through the re-spinning process and used in the textile industry chain, becoming the world’s first truly recycled spandex product; the depolymerized polyester monomer becomes regenerated polyester through the polymerization and spinning processes. Return to the textile industry chain as well. Compared with traditional virgin fabrics, recycled clothing produced using Aminol technology can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 70%. Benefiting from its very soft reaction conditions, in addition to polyester and spandex blended fabrics, Aminanuo’s innovative technology is also suitable for the fully closed-circuit recycling of polyester and other blended fabrics such as cotton, nylon, and wool, which will help the global textile and apparel industry move towards green development. Provide important technical support for low-carbon and sustainable development transformation.

With this groundbreaking original technology, Amino not only won the 2022 China Low-Carbon Model Award, but also successfully won the Global Change Award known as the “Nobel Prize in the Textile Industry” in 2022, becoming the first person to win the award since its establishment. The first Chinese company to win the award. At the beginning of 2023, Aminuo was successfully shortlisted for Fashion, the top incubator in the global textile and fashion field.
For Good 2023 global innovation plan list, with the support of FFG, has established cooperative relationships with many well-known brands around the world to promote the promotion and practice of sustainable fashion.