textile waste prevention and recycling - a nordic perspective
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Textile waste prevention and recycling - a Nordic perspective
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Textile flow in Sweden
Fig in Tonnes Source: Carlsson, A
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Why do you need prevention/recycling
• Waste of recourses - 54-80% of used clothing is thrown away as MSW
• Reduces important impacts in production phase
• Positive financial impacts both for individual consumers and for society through job creation
Nordic Council of Ministries – Green Growth Aim to increase reuse and recycling
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Hagby “analysis” – what could be done
Sweden: 15 kg/capita textile (65%) is thrown away as MSW. Of theses 3 kg goes to second hand but the rest:
High quality 5% (Russia, South America)
Possible to recycle 65%
Not recyclable 15%
Recycling as rags 10%
“Export quality” (Africa) 60%
Recycling as fibres 9%
MSW 100% Residues for incineration 15%
Of these:
In order to make it work….Collection
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Collection examples…
• Internet trading • Second hand stores directly • Take-back in shops • Charity containers • Internet material bank • Kerbside collection
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Collection
• Internet trading
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Collection • Second hand stores directly (Red Cross,
private initiatives)
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Collection
• Take-back in shops Own brand sell in own shops: Fillippa K,
Boomerang
Own brand sell for chemical recycling: Patagonia, Haglöfs, Houdini
Brand refund system: Klättermusen, H&M
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Collection
• Charity containers
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Collection
• Internet material bank (Finland) – business to business
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Collection • Kerbside collection
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Collection
Problems with collection: • Not financially viable to provide collection
points in all parts of the country (solved with EPR?).
• Containers near the residence to the consumer
• Decreased quality due to internet trading
• Illegal collection (theft from containers, kerbside)
• Internet trading • Second hand stores directly initiatives) • Take-back in shops • Charity containers • Internet material bank • Kerbside collection
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Sorting • Manually
• Textiles for Textiles (T4T) – using Near Infra
Read spectroscopy, fibre composition and colour (not mixed materials)
• RFID sorting – tag and sensor (not yet developed)
NOTE: Not of the automatic can sort reusable from non reusable High wages exclude sorting in Nordic countries
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Recycling - Measures
Chemical: • Polyester fibre recycling - Eco Circle
(polyester) • Renew cell (cotton, viscose)
Mechanical: • Down-cycling
Thermal: • Biogas (cotton) • Incineration (all)
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Polyester recycling
• Two main ways: - Polyester is melted and re-extruded into fibers - Polyester is depolymerised and re-polymerised (higher quality)
• Eco Circle, Teijin Fiber (Japan) - Recycling of Polyester fibers from monomers - Same quality as virgin material - only own produced material (not mixed)
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Re:newcell
Source: Youhanan, L (2013)
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Down-cycling • Cutting fabrics into rags (wipers)
• Shredded for use in other types of
products (bedding flock, insulation, paper) Ex Insulation: Bonded Logic – denim is treated with boric acid to make the material flame retardant
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Biogas
N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO) can be used to pretreat cotton/polyester blends increasing the yield x2
Only cellulose can be digested. BorĂĄs: (0,5 kg of Ethanol) or 380 l of methane gas/kg cotton
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Incineration • Energy production: 15 800 MJ/ton of
mixed textile waste
• Problems with ignition front propagating to fast leaving a significant amount of material above it unignited.
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Recycling - problems • Chemical recycling demands more energy
than other recycling methods
• Mixed materials
• No value?
• Decreased quality – increased consumption?
• Creates employment or undermining local industries?
• Rebound effects – cheaper clothing – more consumption? Monika Olsson, Industrial Ecology,
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Recycling – problems cont.
• Unwillingness of some municipalities since this will mean a decline of dry waste going to the incinerator
• Hazardous/problematic new contents: Flame retardants, nano textiles, silver
• Market needs to improve
• Working environment - Hazardous compounds
• Not always environmentally favourable
• Re:newcell – viscose from cotton does not replace cotton
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Policy measures, legislation
• EPA (Sweden) – goals for increased textile reuse and recycling: • 2018 – easy accessible collection systems for
reuse
• 2020 – loops for textiles resource efficient and free from hazardous comp
• 2020 – 40% of textiles reused
• 2020 – 25% of textiles recirculated
• Producer responsibility and information for changed consumer behaviour
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Policy measures, legislation cont.
• EU and Nordic labelling – to meet the criteria for Eco labelling 85% by weight of all fibres in the product must be of recycled origin
• EPR – in France – member companies pay fees based on the volume of products put on the market the previous year.
• Green public procurements – Japan (hats, uniforms, carpets)
• In EU no legislative measures have been taken to address textile waste prevention. But Waste prevention programme in member states
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Waste Prevention Programme (Swe) (EU Directive on Waste 2008/98/EC)
Focus areas: • Food • Textiles • Electronics • Construction and demolition
Why these?
• Large amount • Greenhouse gas emissions • Dangerous substances
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Consumer • Recycling increases but consumption even
more (most women)
• Less prone to take action to prolong the use of garments already in their possession
• Repair or not: value, visibility of mending, level of difficulty
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Prevention measures • Choose “Eco clothing” (less chemicals)
• Labelling – makes people buy
recirculated material, organic etc
• Buy second hand – Wintage, flee market, internet
• Renting /libraries
• New business models – services instead of products
• Properly stored
Buy less?
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Summary • Lot of textile goes to waste
• Lot of initiatives of reuse and recycle
• New techniques for recycling emerging
• Difficulties with new and mixed materials
and high costs
• Consumption and Prevention
• KOMPLEX problem
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