Each and every day, the textile industry has to participate in the preservation of our environment and natural resources. This requires new technologies to be developed in the recycling sector. One current challenge is to invent industrially and economically viable solutions to recycle post-consumer products such as clothing, carpets, car seats, airbags, mattresses etc. Laroche S.A., Cours la Ville/France, has been a major player in the textile waste recycling and airlaid nonwovens field and is now deeply involved in new technologies for turning post-consumer goods into valuable products. For example, special lines now can open used clothing back into fibers whilst removing the metal and plastic contaminants. The fibers can then be airlaid and thermobonded into felts for the automotive, bedding and furniture industries. Old mattresses can be deconstructed and the foam can be shredded into chips, the textile portion can be opened back into fibers and both can be airlaid and thermobonded back into components for new mattresses.
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