Project description
Converting CO2 waste streams into polyester for circular textile production
The pollution produced by the textile industry has severe impact on the planet. Fashion, footwear and household textiles are responsible for water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and landfill. Polyester (PET), a synthetic fibre derived from oil, is the most widely used fibre in the industry. Unfortunately, it is not a sustainable textile option. The EU-funded THREADING-CO2 project will demonstrate, on an industrial scale, a first-of-its-kind technology that converts CO2 waste streams into high-quality, commercially viable, sustainable polyester textiles. The project will use a circular manufacturing approach and run on renewable energy sources to reach a 70 % reduction of greenhouse gas emissions compared to existing PET manufacturing processes.
Objective
The textile industry is the fourth largest industry in the world with the global volume of fiber production for textile manufacturing reaching 110 million metric tons in 2020. At the same time, the textile industry is one of the most polluting industries worldwide with the highest greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions corresponding to 10% of the global emissions. Polyester (PET) is the most widely used fibre in the industry, making up 52% of the global market volume. No technology available today is capable of addressing the textile industry’s sustainability and virgin PET produced from primary petrochemical sources remains predominant with a fossil fuel consumption of 98 Mt annually which is expected to reach 300 Mt by 2050. Addressing the key challenges of carbon neutrality, circularity, cost, value chain adaption, and textile properties is the ambition of Threading-CO2, a disruptive project that will demonstrate on an industrial scale a first-of-its-kind technology that converts CO2 waste streams into sustainable PET textiles. Threading-CO2 aims to scale-up and demonstrate its first-of-its-kind technology producing high-quality commercially viable sustainable PET textile products from CO2 waste streams at industrial scale (TRL7) using a circular manufacturing approach and running on renewable energy sources. The overall outcome of the Threading-CO2 project is a 70% GHG emissions reduction compared to existing PET manufacturing processes. In addition, Threading-CO2 will enable the creation of a European value chain for sustainable PET textiles, from feedstock to final textile products in the clothing, automotive and sports/outdoor industries.
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- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineering
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringfibers
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- engineering and technologychemical engineeringchemical process engineering
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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation ActionsCoordinator
92110 Clichy
France
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.