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The feature on WDR’s business and consumer programme “Markt” explores how chemical recycling technologies help solve the challenges posed by clothing overproduction and overconsumption. Currently, unwanted and sometimes barely worn garments often end up in landfills or are discarded, without being recycled.
To address this challenge, the EU is introducing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for textiles, making producers financially and operationally responsible for their products beyond the point of sale. This includes contributing to the collection, sorting and recycling of textile waste. Implementation in Germany is expected in 2027, with national EPR schemes in place by 2028, highlighting the need for effective textile recycling solutions.
The feature showcases matterr’s technology, from the shredding of old garments to tiny pieces, to the breakdown of polyester fibres into their basic building blocks, ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid. These enable the production of recycled polyester fibres.
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