3.3.3 Current Recycling Stakeholders Table 8: Cotton - Mechanical Recycling Stakeholders Company Feedstock/Input, Requirements Product/Output Description or Process Hilaturas Ferre 95,96 (Spain)
Post-industrial and post-
consumer textile waste,
100% cotton
Recover® yarn
50% recycled cotton
blended with other
synthetics (i.e rPET,
acrylic)
Collection and sorting of cotton
textile waste globally. Waste is
cut, shred, and fed into industrial
spinning process to produce 50%
recycled cotton blend yarn.
96
Gebrüder Otto GmbH &Co. 97-100 (Germany)
Post-industrial textile
waste predominantly
from Otto’s spinning
mill, 100% cotton
recot
2
® fibre
25% recycled cotton
with 75% virgin
organic cotton, or
50% raw cotton and
50% recycled
selected production
waste
98
The recot
2
®-process was
developed to produce a carded
yarn with comparable quality to a
combed organic yarn, but with
added eco-balance, achieved
through the recycled cotton waste
content.
99,100
GIOTEX 101 (Mexico,
USA)
Post-industrial textile
waste, 100% cotton
Giotex™ yarn
75-90% recycled
cotton-blend yarn
depending on
required application,
or shade request (100
custom shades)
Collection of waste, shredding to
fibre, blended (for colour or
strength), and spun into yarn.
Giotex™ Fifty: 55/45% recycled
cotton/polyester
Giotex™ POP: 75/25% recycled
cotton/polyester
