Teijin introduces polyester recycling program into China
The Teijin Group announced this September the first-ever closed-loop polyester-recycling program in China for collecting and recycling used garments, in collaboration with Li Ning Company Limited, a sports apparel company in China.
As part of the program, Li Ning designed tennis and training wear using Teijin Fibers’ chemically recycled Eco Circle Fibers, which are woven into textiles and dyed by Nantong Teijin Co Limited, a Teijin group company in China. The inaugural 2009-10 winter lineup will be sold at 11 stores managed by Li Ning beginning this October.
The Li Ning stores will accept these garments after they are worn out, from where they will be sent via Nantong Teijin to Teijin Fibers’ Matsuyama plant in Japan. After chemical decomposition, they will be converted into polyester raw material offering purity comparable to that derived from petroleum. The raw material will then be turned into high-quality Eco Circle Fibers, which will be used to manufacture new recyclable products.
Li Ning aims to expand its lineup of clothing made with environmentally friendly Eco Circle Fibers, as well as increase its sales locations to more than 100 within three years.
Introduced in 2002 by Teijin Fibers, the Eco Circle recycling program has now more than 120 participating companies.
India builds first eco-textile park
An eco-textile park with common wastage treatment systems was inaugurated at Surat of Gujarat province in India in September.
The Gujarat Eco-Textile Park Ltd (GETP) is promoted by the Luthra Group of Companies approved under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP). It has an area of 73 acre, and is about 22 km from Surat. About 72 existing textile entrepreneurs comprising of 34 weavers, 12 embroiderers, 24 processing houses and two composite factories (with weaving, processing and embroidery facilities) propose to set up facilities in the park, GETP says.
While inaugurating the Gujarat Eco Textile Park, Dayanidhi Maran, Union Textiles Minister said that the Park is an example of industrial growth and environmental sustainability. The Park, at a cost of Rs. 129 crore, will attract an investment of Rs. 705 crore, and annually produce textiles products worth Rs. 850 crore, and, more importantly, will provide employment to 25,000 people, he added.
GETP features a range of facilities, including a common effluent treatment plant, a common solid waste management & disposal system, a treated water supply system, a captive power project and a centre of excellence.
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