Global supplier of wood-based specialty fibers Lenzing has signed a cooperation agreement with Swedish pulp producer Södra, to process 25,000 tonne of textile waste per year by 2024. As per Sourcing Journal, the agreement involves the transfer of knowledge between the two companies, which have been proactively working toward creating a circular economy for many years, and a joint process development followed by a capacity expansion for pulp from post-consumer waste.
Both companies will work together to give textile recycling a major boost by further developing technologies towards a broader, industrial-scale use of post-consumer cellulosic waste. They will use the jointly developed pulp ‘OnceMore as a raw material for producing Lenzing’s Tencel x Refibra branded specialty fibers. Södra will also increase production capacity of the pulp 10-fold during 2022 and have a higher level of recycled textile content, says Lotta Lyra, President and CEO.
