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Industrial Innovation and Textile Recycling: When Deeptech Addresses Environmental Challenges

How can industrial innovation provide concrete solutions to today’s major environmental challenges? From reducing waste to preserving resources, recycling technologies are opening up new ways to transform industrial models. Discover how REC is developing a Deeptech solution to recover and regenerate polyamide from complex textiles, and why scaling up the technology and building an industrial value chain are essential to achieving a lasting impact.
April 15, 2025 / ,

How to structure a local textile recycling sector ?

How can we build a truly local textile recycling sector? Collection, sorting, logistics, innovation and recycling: every link in the chain is essential to improving the recovery of used textiles. In Burgundy-Franche-Comté, REC brings regional stakeholders together around a shared objective: to improve the management of textile waste and develop solutions for recycling complex textiles, while fostering a circular economy rooted in local communities. Discover the key challenges and opportunities for collaboration identified during this meeting.
April 8, 2025 / ,

Circular Fashion: Why Collaboration Between Brands, Companies and Recyclers Is Essential

What if one meeting could change the course of a project? In 2022, Ecollant, which became REC, won the European Circular Fashion Trophies, a distinction that above all helped create decisive meetings and collaborations. From collecting end-of-life textiles to exchanges with brands and fashion industry stakeholders, discover how an event can help an innovation grow and lay the foundations for a more circular textile industry.
March 25, 2025 / ,

Textile recycling: from complex waste to Ecollant’s innovation laboratory

How can a textile recycling technology move from the laboratory to industry? In 2025, Ecollant welcomed the teams from Dynamo Production and France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté to AuxR_Lab for filming dedicated to the future of textiles and new recycling solutions. It was an opportunity to take a behind-the-scenes look at the R&D, experimentation and scale-up of a technology dedicated to recycling polyamide from complex textiles, now being developed and industrialised by REC.
March 6, 2025 /

ICPE and Industrialisation: Regulatory Challenges for a Recycling Company

What regulatory requirements need to be anticipated when a recycling technology moves to industrial scale? In February 2025, Ecollant took part in a morning event dedicated to ICPE (Facilities Classified for Environmental Protection) at the AuxR_Green Lab Technopole. This meeting was an important opportunity to better understand the challenges related to safety, environmental impacts and compliance for a future industrial polyamide recycling facility. Discover how these requirements support the transition from innovation to industrialisation.
February 10, 2025 / , ,

2025: From Laboratory to Scale-Up, Preparing for the Industrialisation of Polyamide Recycling

How do you move from a laboratory-developed technology to an industrial polyamide recycling process? In 2025, Ecollant, now REC, reached a strategic milestone with the scale-up of its technology for recycling complex textiles containing polyamide. This phase helped consolidate the process, assess its robustness and prepare for the transition to a larger scale. Discover the technological challenges involved in this key step towards industrialisation.
January 16, 2025 / , , , ,

Enzymes for Nylon Recycling: REC’s Research into Complex Textiles

How could enzymes contribute to nylon and polyamide recycling? As part of its R&D activities, REC is exploring the potential of enzymatic solutions to address the challenges involved in separating fibers in complex textiles, particularly those combining polyamide and elastane. Discover this innovative research pathway and the scientific challenges involved in recycling blended fibers.
November 30, 2024 / , ,