Recycling textile
We support the textile and polyester recycling sector to manage complex textile waste streams leveraging the natural metabolic capacity of fungi to separate polyester from natural fibers, without concerns for things like zips or buttons.
We turn blended textile waste into recycled polyester
We treat blended cotton–polyester textile waste and produce purified polyester material from it, enabling textile circularity.
How we do it
We don’t just recycle waste; we have built a scalable platform that uses fungal strains and patented technologies to deconstruct complex textile materials and create multiple high-value by-products
Novobiom offers a unique and cost-effective biological approach to treat textile waste by using the power of fungi to valorize the natural fibers and enable the recovery of the synthetic fibers for further recycling.
Unique patented process
1.
Mixed textile waste sorted (upstream value chain)
2.
Textile waste treated to separate natural fibers from polyester fibers
- Grinding
- Fermentation
- Washing/ Purification
- Biomethanization
3.
Revalorization in polyester recycling facilities (downstream value chain)
Unique technology
- Unique collection of fungi able to degrade different textile fibers
- Pioneering digital twins to optimize degradation strategies and process
- Patented fermentation technology
Textile waste represents a pressing environmental challenge, with volumes surging at unprecedented scale and a lack of at-scale alternatives to incineration and landfilling, in particular for over 60% of textiles that are blended.
Ability to handle complex textile waste streams – blends of polyester and natural fibers, elements like buttons and zips – fungi action is not limited by constraints affecting the efficacy of mechanical, chemical or thermal treatment
Cost-effectiveness – as we fully valorise the waste in an efficient process leveraging existing technologies and patented innovations
Reduced emissions – as our process requires limited energy, produced in a circular manner
Beyond
Beyond textile, we can support your organization to explore up-cycling of complex waste streams, where natural fibers are mixed with synthetics fractions.
