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Malmö to host groundbreaking textile recycling plant

The world's first automatic textile recycling facility is built in Malmö, in a major step forward in the move towards bringing a circular economy to one of the world's most environmentally damaging industries.

The facility, which uses optic sensors to identify different textile types, jhas been opened in summer 2020 next to the existing recycling centre in Malmö's Northern Harbour, the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute said in a statement.

Maria Elander, who is leading the project for IVL, told the Sydsvenskan newspaper that industrialised sorting was “the missing link between collection and quality recycling”.

“Automatic sorting processes are required to be able to efficiently sort the large amounts of textile rubbish which cannot be recycled and which is not suitable for fibre to fibre recycling,” she said.

The aim is to use the recycled textiles to make padding, insulation, and cloth for industrial cleaning, slowly increasing the amount of textiles recycled from 3,000 to 16,000 tonnes over five years.

The facility will be operated by Sysav[1], the recycling company owned by 14 municipalities in Skåne[2], which today operates the site.

The project marks the third phase of the Swedish Innovation Platform for Textile Sorting (Siptex)[3], and comes after a successful pilot project in Avesta[4].

The platform is a joint venture between the Swedish Environmental Research Institute[5] and 21 other partners, including major Swedish fashion chains, and local municipalities, and has received 22m SEK in funding from Sweden's state R&D agency Vinnova[6].

Elander told Sydsvenskan that Malmö's position close to European markets made it a good location.

“Malmö is strategically well situated in the Öresund region[7] with a relatively large number of inhabitants and large amounts of waste,” she said. “In addition, it is close to Danish quantities of textile waste. The closeness to the continent is important.”

Elander said that Sysav would be paid to recycle some of the waste, but would also pay to receive higher quality textiles.

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The Local: Malmö to host groundbreaking textile recycling plant,in: thelocal.se, 11-7-2019 Malmö to host groundbreaking textile recycling plant (thelocal.se)

[1] Sysav, South Scania Waste Company,recycles and treats waste from households and industries in southern Skåne. The company is owned by 14 municipalities with a joint population of slightly more than 710,000, and Sysav is commissioned to manage the household waste in all owner municipalities. The subsidiary Sysav Industri AB has approximately 6,000 corporate customers. https://www.sysav.se/en/siptex/ [2] Skåne County, sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the southernmost county – län in Swedish-, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the traditional province Skåne. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge and connects to Capital Region, Denmark by the Öresund Bridge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the city of Malmö. The headquarters of Skåne Regional Council are located in both Kristianstad and Malmö. [3] SIPTex is a Swedish research project that will test and evaluate automated textile sorting by building and operating a pilot facility for 12 months (in Sweden). The recognition and sorting equipment is based on near-infrared (NIR) technology. The project contributes to resource efficiency and closing textile loops by matching customers’ quality requirements with fast and highly accurate sorting technology. SIPTex – Swedish Innovation Platform for Textile sorting « Boer Group Recycling Solutions (boergroup-recyclingsolutions.com) [4] Avesta is a locality and the seat of Avesta Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 11,949 inhabitants in 2015. [5] IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute is an independent, non-profit research institute, owned by a foundation jointly established by the Swedish Government and Swedish industry. IVL - IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet [6] Vinnova is the Swedish government agency that administers state funding for research and development. The agency's mission as defined by the government is to promote development of efficient and innovative Swedish systems within the areas of technology, transportation, communication and labour.[ The agency does this by giving financial aid to companies for research, development and legal costs. We're Vinnova, Sweden's innovation agency | Vinnova [7] a strait between Sweden and Denmark

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