REACT project will host its second online webinar "Removing Harmful Chemicals from Textile Waste"

Recycling is a common word used more and more but is still not tackled appropriately in the EU, while landfill and incineration rates remain high. One of the major problems is to have secondary raw material that is as much as possible “equal” to the virgin one, because of contamination, treatments and deterioration that lower the product performance. REACT aims to develop a method that removes undesirable substances (fluorocarbons, melamine and acrylic resins, anti-mold agents) from waste of acrylic fabrics through an environment-friendly process, enhance their recycling, improve sustainability and reduce environmental and health risks.

This webinar will gather speakers from the research and industry sectors to cover 3 main topics:

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REACT project, funded under the Horizon 2020 programme, addresses the management of waste acrylic textiles coming from outdoor awnings and furnishing. The final goal is to perform a new process for hazardous chemicals removal from finished acrylic textiles, with innovative investigation and processing techniques and to obtain a fully compatible recycled acrylic textile for reuse. The consortium is made up of 7 partners from 4 different European countries and Switzerland, including: