{"id":6801,"date":"2019-03-28T13:42:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T12:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axfoundation.se\/?post_type=project&p=6801"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:06:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:06:51","slug":"from-waste-to-fashion","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.axfoundation.se\/en\/projects\/from-waste-to-fashion","title":{"rendered":"From Waste to Fashion \u2013 Giving New Life to Industrial Polyester"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Instead of burning straps consisting of 100 percent polyester, they can be turned into PET pellets used in for examples buttons. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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The Issue<\/h2>\n
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Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental challenges of today. In Sweden alone, only 10% of the plastics are recycled. Every year, over 3,300 tons of polyester transportation and lifting products from the industry group Axel Johnson International enter the global market. The products are made from high-strength industrial polyester to endure heavy lifts and security. However, the lifetime of these products is short, and they are only used once or a couple of times before they get discarded due to logistics, safety or insurance reasons.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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Although incentives to utilize these used products are low, there is an increasing demand for recycled polyester from the fashion and textile industry. Today, companies are heavily dependent on virgin plastics, with polyester dominating the market at 51.5 per cent of the total global fiber production.<\/p>\n

Due to the significant volumes of discarded polyester and an increasing demand for recycled polyester in fashion, we could see great potential in a large-scale circular model.<\/p>\n

– Hanna Hobohm Skoog, Programme Director, Future Materials, Axfoundation<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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About plastics and polyester<\/h2>\n
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