Thermochemical recycling, which shreds and pulverizes polyester-heavy materials before thrusting them through a thermal extrusion process to produce pellets, for instance, is a manual labor ...

the pellets are melted again, and pushed through tiny holes, like water through a showerhead. The long fibers are pulled and stretched, and then twisted together to make a special kind of yarn.

Technology company Sixone specialises in turning polyester-blended textiles into polyester pellets – traditionally a difficult material stream to recycle. Polyester has traditionally been difficult to ...

The flakes are heated, dried, and cooled, then cut into small resin pellets. Normally, polyester is made from petroleum. But Adidas melts these pellets to create a filament, which is spun into ...