What exactly is the “green pre-treatment” and what kind of reusable chemicals are used? Are they toxic/harmful? Also what constitutes mild conditions for hydrolysis? How much energy and natural resources would it take to do all this on a larger scale?
Pretreatment is probably with urea. The enzymes used would include something like glucosidase. There is a paper published about this called "Recovery of Glucose and Polyester from Textile Waste by Enzymatic Hydrolysis"
i’m 19, super interested in sustainability & starting something of my own that recycles fabrics that already exist. theoretically, could i thrift basic cottons and jeans etc., and make recycled clothes that - at the end of their lives - get made into recycled clothes all over again? could i go to school online to do the business & science?
You could try looking at programs for industrial chemistry or hire an industrial chemist with experience in waste management as a part of your company. A less tedious (but less useful) idea would be to collect waste fabric from local clothing companies. You could then sell larger pieces to designers and shred smaller pieces into batting for mattresses or insulation. There's at least one company (FABSCRAP) that does this. It's not a closed loop system, but if you make a profit from it you can eventually hire a chemist or take time for studying
We are all looking for a high tech solutions to our waste problems but we need to take individual responsibility to ensure that we limit the amount of waste that's sent to landfill. We need to consume less and therefore we can reduce the cost of waste to the environment. 🙏🙏
I dont understand...the cotton turns into a glucose syrup by hydrolysis, which is then turned into...surfactants?!?!?! Please explain..that was not very clear.
Hi, thank you for your enquiry! To learn more about this project, you can check out our website (www.hkrita.com/en/our-innovation-tech/projects/textile-waste-recycling-biological). Also, feel free to email us at info@hkrita.com if you need more details!
Renewcell ( Sweden) have commercialized something similar and are entering larger scale production.
This video should be shown to high school students to inspire them to consider a career in chemistry!
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Of course it's chemistry, and materials science@@juliendenys8826
What exactly is the “green pre-treatment” and what kind of reusable chemicals are used? Are they toxic/harmful? Also what constitutes mild conditions for hydrolysis? How much energy and natural resources would it take to do all this on a larger scale?
They'll probably wont answer since it's a patented process
Pretreatment is probably with urea. The enzymes used would include something like glucosidase. There is a paper published about this called "Recovery of Glucose and Polyester from Textile Waste by Enzymatic Hydrolysis"
i’m 19, super interested in sustainability & starting something of my own that recycles fabrics that already exist. theoretically, could i thrift basic cottons and jeans etc., and make recycled clothes that - at the end of their lives - get made into recycled clothes all over again? could i go to school online to do the business & science?
You could try looking at programs for industrial chemistry or hire an industrial chemist with experience in waste management as a part of your company. A less tedious (but less useful) idea would be to collect waste fabric from local clothing companies. You could then sell larger pieces to designers and shred smaller pieces into batting for mattresses or insulation. There's at least one company (FABSCRAP) that does this. It's not a closed loop system, but if you make a profit from it you can eventually hire a chemist or take time for studying
We are all looking for a high tech solutions to our waste problems but we need to take individual responsibility to ensure that we limit the amount of waste that's sent to landfill. We need to consume less and therefore we can reduce the cost of waste to the environment. 🙏🙏
Very good video. I learned a lot. Thank you 👍
This one was a quite beneficial video, thank you so much!
Great 👍
I can't wait to see this go mainstream... So many fabrics are blended nowadays.
we offer all kinds of functional enzymes for farm feed and environments
Great
I dont understand...the cotton turns into a glucose syrup by hydrolysis, which is then turned into...surfactants?!?!?!
Please explain..that was not very clear.
Good
Very interesting..
Hai. May I ask, can the soluble glucose produced used for food products?
yes，，，enzymes can be used in feed farm foods many fields
How to use camicales for biogrdable bag from jhut in hindi
Oh nice
Is it cost effective?
this is an expensive process
where I can get chemicals like it ??! ...
Can you tell us methodology and materials needed ?
Is there a research paper published on this... If so can you share. Really interested in this topic to do further research.
@Abc yes ! I would be glad to cooperate with you.
@Abc Can I have your maik address? We can talk via mail
Hi, thank you for your enquiry! To learn more about this project, you can check out our website (www.hkrita.com/en/our-innovation-tech/projects/textile-waste-recycling-biological). Also, feel free to email us at info@hkrita.com if you need more details!