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What is recycled fabric? What is the current development of recycled fabrics in my country?

Recycled Fabric are fabrics made from recycled fibers. Regenerated fibers, also known as recycled fibers, are recycled waste polymer materials and waste textile materials, which are reused after physical opening, or spun after melting or dissolving, or the recycled polymer materials are further cracked into Fibers made by re-polymerization and re-spinning of small molecules.


According to different sources and components, it can be divided into three categories: recycled chemical fibers, recycled cotton fibers and recycled wool fibers, and there are corresponding recycled fabrics, such as recycled cotton fabrics, recycled wool fabrics, etc.

Recycled chemical fibers include recycled polyester, nylon, polypropylene, etc., of which recycled polyester is the mainstay, accounting for more than 90% of the total. Recycled polyester uses waste polyester (including all waste polyester fiber products such as bottle flakes, foam, waste silk, waste pulp, waste textiles, etc.)

As the main raw material, and the products include recycled polyester staple fibers and polyester filaments.
In 2018, China's recycled polyester fiber production capacity was about 9.5 million tons, and the actual output was about 5.5 million tons, accounting for 10% of China's total fiber processing. Currently, China is the world's largest producer of recycled polyester.