Progress toward Circularity of Polyester and Cotton Textiles

Millions of tons of textile waste are landfilled or incinerated in the world every year due to insufficient recycle value streams and the complex composition of textile end products. The goal of this review is to highlight pathways for simplifying and separating textile wastes into valuable raw mate...

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Published in:	Sustainable Chemistry
Main Authors:	Siyan Wang, Sonja Salmon
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Subjects:	circularity cotton dye removal polyester recycling sustainability
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4079/3/3/24

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