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In North-West Europe (NWE) 4700 kilo tonnes of post-consumer textile waste is generated annually. Less than 1% of textiles collected are currently recycled into new ones, and around half are being downcycled, incinerated or landfilled. Automated sorting technologies could enable the industry to turn non-rewearable textiles that currently have no other destination than downcycling, landfill or incineration into valuable feedstock for high-value recycling. One of these technologies is the Fibersort, a Near Infrared (NIR) based technology able to categorise textiles based on fiber composition, structure and colour.
