Chemical recycling of polyester
Polyester is one of the most widely used plastics. It is used for products such as bottles, carpets, and clothing and offers endless benefits.
But it has a major disadvantage. We are faced with an ever-growing mountain of waste. Currently, 91% of all polyester products are not recycled because they are colored, contaminated, or contain additives.
The result: 64 billion kilos of used polyester worldwide, year after year.
So what if we could revitalize all polyester? Including the colored, mixed, and contaminated polyester?
And could we revitalize used polyester to 100%? For high-quality applications? For new bottles, shirts, carpets, and seatbelts? Not just once, but every time again?
What if we could overcome the limits and disadvantages of downcycling and energy-efficient recycling? What if we could turn a huge problem into enormous opportunities? What if we could find a real CuRe?
And that is exactly what we have found! We have discovered a smarter and scalable solution. To create a fully circular polyester chain.
We call our new technology CuRe.
Website: CuRe Technology
CuRe Technology delivers easy to scale and affordable T2T polyester recycling. We make textile to textile recycling possible with low cost, low carbon footprint and modest investments, making it possible to scale via an ecosystem of small facilities close to where the feedstock is.
In project SORTED CuRe Technology, together with all other project partners, will lay the foundation to make the North of The Netherlands the frontrunner in Europe to make sure textile can be used over and over again.
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