Scientists from the University of Portsmouth and the University of Manchester say they have developed a fusion enzyme that ...
A new chemical process separates mixed textile waste and produces components that can be reused (Sci. Adv. 2024, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado6827). After their lifetime of use, most discarded clothes ...
The new joint venture will use a chemical-recycling technology called dimethyl terephthalate (DMT), which decomposes and converts polyester (PET) and then repolymerizes it. Notably, the DMT method ...
DuPont Teijin Films has launched a new depolymerization process which "upcycles" post-consumer PET waste into technically-advanced biaxially oriented PET films suitable for use in various applications ...
A helium-argon plasma could turn out to be an environmentally friendlier way to process polyester textile fibers than currently used wet chemical methods, according to a research team led by Guido ...