A joint venture between Salvation Army Trading Company and Project Plan B, known as Project Re:claim, has begun operations in Kettering, Northamptonshire – the first commercial-scale, post-consumer polyester recycling plant of its kind that provides a solution to the issue of polyester textile waste. The plant will recycle post-consumer garments and other textiles, and supply the raw material back into the fashion and textiles industries. Many garments and other textile products are not designed with ‘end of life’ in mind, and most cannot be recycled. This greatly adds to the…
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