3.2.3 Current Recycling Stakeholders Table 6: Nylon - Mechanical Recycling Stakeholders Company Feedstock/Input, Requirements Product/Output Description or Process Chainlon 70 (Taiwan)
Nylon 6 and 6,6 Post-industrial, and
post-consumer
textile waste
Greenlon® Re
recycled yarn
(40, 70, 400 denier)
Mechanical recycling process (recycled
chips melted and spun). Energy savings:
8.5%; CO
2
reduction: 76.7% (combined
physical recovery and polymerization);
Waste water savings: 100%
ECOALF 71 (Spain)
Nylon 6 Discarded fishing
nets
Recycled yarn used in
ECOALF apparel
Waste fishing nets are collected from the
ocean (Spain and Thailand) and
mechanically recycled. The Ecoalf
Foundation works to facilitate recycling
of other plastic waste (PET bottles, used
tires)
Fulgar 72 (Italy)
Nylon 6,6 Post-industrial
textile waste
Q-NOVA® filament
(99% recycled)
Properties: excellent
breathability (EN ISO
62), and dyeing
quality
Fugar partners with producers to recycle
Nylon 6,6 waste materials (mechanically)
from main production cycle which would
have otherwise been disposed. CO
2
reduction: 80%, Water savings: 90%
Nilit 60,73 (Israel)
Nylon 6,6 Post-industrial
textile waste.
NILIT® ECOCARE
Yarn
Preferred feedstock: partially oriented
yarns (POY), 80-90% (w/w) of waste
material in the mixture for melt-spinning.
Process not limited to Nylon 6,6, other
nylons may be recycled by the process.
