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Added-Value of Cotton Textile Waste for Nonwoven Applications.
- Source :
- Textiles (2673-7248); Sep2024, Vol. 4 Issue 3, p309-327, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Due to the continuous optimization of cutting plans, the cotton scrap size resulting from the cutting of components for clothing production (post-industrial residues) is often considered insufficient to obtain fibres with the proper length to produce a new yarn through mechanical recycling processes; so it is important to search for other applications for these wastes. In this context, small pieces of cotton were submitted to a shredding process to obtain recycled fibres. Cotton small pieces and recycled fibres were then submitted to a refining process to achieve refined fibres. Using these materials alone and in blends with refined and unrefined bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp (BEKP), wet-laid nonwovens were developed and characterized. An analysis of the results revealed that the replacement of unrefined BEKP by 70% cotton waste fibres in wet-laid nonwovens, reducing the use of virgin raw material, enhances the structures' mechanical properties by 80% and 14%, for small pieces or recycled fibres, respectively. Additionally, refining small pieces of cotton seems to be more promising than refining recycled fibres, because less steps are required to obtain wet-laid nonwovens with better mechanical properties. These results highlight the potential of this approach to be explored further for different products and end applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SULFATE pulping process
COTTON textiles
TEXTILE waste
WASTE recycling
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26737248
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Textiles (2673-7248)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 180069964
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/textiles4030018