3.1.3 Current Recycling Stakeholders Table 4: Polyester - Mechanical Recycling Stakeholders Company Feedstock/Input, Requirements Product/Output Description or Processes Hyosung 37 (South Korea)
Post-consumer PET
bottles
Regen™ polyester yarn,
100% recycled
Mechanical recycling
Polylana 38 (USA)
Recycled polyester
(rPET) materials (i.e.
rPET flakes made
from bottles)
Polylana® staple fibre
(patent pending)
Polylana® modified polyester pellets
mixed with rPET flakes, proprietary
staple fibre created, spun into yarn.
The fibre blend can be dyed at low
temperatures, blended with various
natural and synthetic fibre materials.
RadiciGroup 39 (Italy)
Post-consumer PET
bottles
r-Radyarn®
r-Starlight® yarns
r-Radyarn®: continuous PET
filament, with dope dyed,
bacteriostatic, UV stabilized versions
Seaqual 40 (Spain)
Waste recovered from
the ocean weekly
(boats and fisherman
from the Spanish
Mediterranean Coast
involved in project)
100% recycled polyester
thread
From the ocean waste collected, PET
plastic is collected for conversion,
while other waste materials are sent to
their respective recycling chains
The output recycled fibres can be
blended with fibres from other brands.
Sinterama 41 (Italy)
Post-consumer PET
bottles
NEWLIFE™ polyester
yarn, 100% recycled
Dyeable from 98°C (low temperature)
with standard polyester dyestuff,
along with different fibres while
maintaining mechanical properties.
