Lycra ‘very pleased’ with recycling R&D
15/11/2023
Alistair Williamson highlighted the recent successful recycling of a garment made with 70% polyester and 30% Lycra; after being chemically broken down, both were recovered and the Lycra was spun into a new fabric.
“The fabric performed exactly the same,” he told us. While he admitted there is still “a way to go” in terms of separation and recovery, he added: “We are really pleased about it because we thought it was not possible.”
He outlined this, the company’s plans to use bio BDO from corn as a raw material – through a tie-up with US producer Qore - and a switch to renewable resources at its manufacturing plants among the ways it plans to reach an ambitious 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions between 2021 and 2030.
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