BENEFITS WITH CIRCULOSE®
Using a patented process, we turn end-of-life, cotton-rich textiles into CIRCULOSE®, a raw material that can be used to produce regenerated fibers such as viscose and lyocell – without extracting new virgin resources.
100% recycled dissolving pulp made from cotton textile waste
Designed for seamless integration into existing supply chains
Drop-in solution to replace virgin viscose, lyocell & cotton
One starting point.
Infinite possibilities.
CIRCULOSE® is designed as a replacement for virgin wood pulp used to produce man-made cellulosic fibers (MMCF). It can be used across a wide range of product applications, while maintaining the same hand feel, quality and properties.
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Fibers available made with CIRCULOSE®
CIRCULOSE® Viscose
CIRCULOSE® Viscose fiber is available with 30% or 50% recycled pulp content, matching the quality of virgin tree-based viscose and integrating seamlessly into a wide range of applications.
Staple Fibers
By TANGSHAN SANYOU – Viscose staple fibers with 50% CIRCULOSE®
By ADITYA BIRLA – Viscose staple fibers with 50% CIRCULOSE®
Filament Yarns
By JILIN – Viscose Filament Yarns with 30% CIRCULOSE®
CIRCULOSE® Lyocell
CIRCULOSE® Lyocell fiber is available with 30% recycled pulp content, matching the quality and luster of virgin tree-based lyocell and integrating seamlessly into a wide range of applications.
Standard Fibers
By CTA – Lyocell standard fibers with 30% CIRCULOSE®
Closing the loop:
Our recycling process
1
Collect
We take in discarded cotton-rich textiles that can no longer be used, such as production waste.
2
Shred
The textiles are shredded, de-dyed and turned into a slurry.
3
Pulp
Contaminants like polyester are taken out. What remains is cellulose – a biodegradable organic polymer that cotton, trees and most green plants on earth are made of.
4
DRY
The slurry is dried to produce sheets of pure CIRCULOSE®. We package the sheets into bales and ship them off to be made into virgin-quality textile fibers by fiber producers.
5
repeat
These fibers are then spun into yarns, woven or knitted into fabrics and finally cut and sewn into new high-quality textile products that can, one day, be recycled again.
Ortviken, Sweden / 62.393° N, 17.359° E
Made in Sweden
Our plant in Sundsvall, Sweden, is the world’s first commercial-scale chemical textile-to-textile recycling facility. This is where our patented raw material is produced.
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