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Despite scale-up improvements, monomer recycling for mixed synthetic textiles has a higher climate impact than waste combustion with energy recovery, primarily driven by solvent production and recovery. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This research aims to evaluate the carbon footprint of monomer recycling for mixed synthetic textiles.

June 1, 2026Waste Management0 citationsOpen Access

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Carbon footprint of monomer recycling for mixed synthetic textiles – a grave-to-gate analysis

ANAlina Ridderstad NordbergChalmers University of Technology GPGreg PetersChalmers University of Technology EKErik KlintNorwegian Institute for Sustainability Research

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This research aims to evaluate the carbon footprint of monomer recycling for mixed synthetic textiles.
Conducted a grave-to-gate analysis of monomer recycling processes.
Assessed scale-up procedures for climate footprint reduction.
Compared climate impacts to waste combustion with energy recovery.
Scaled-up monomer recycling reduced climate footprint significantly.
Climate impacts from monomer recycling are worse than waste combustion with energy recovery.
Solvent production and recovery are the major contributors to climate impacts.

Abstract

• The scale-up procedure reduced the climate footprint by an order of magnitude. • Climate impacts are nevertheless worse than waste combustion with energy recovery. • Solvent production and recovery dominate the climate impacts.

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Carbon footprint of monomer recycling for mixed synthetic textiles – a grave-to-gate analysis

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