In a fashion industry that increasingly favors fast production, Säntis Textiles has advanced textile-to-textile recycling by slowing things down.
The company’s RCO100 technology, first launched in 2016, allows for the creation of yarns with 100 percent recycled cotton. A gentler mechanical recycling process leaves fibers longer, maintaining a 26-millimeter length. Any fibers that are too short to be suitable for textile products get filtered out for other uses.
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