Recycling

End-of-Life is debatable. When it comes to textile recycling, we offer state-of-the-art solutions aligned with our requirements for sustainability. As part of a strong partner network, we find the most sustainable use for raw materials. Entering into new collaborations and developing new products is what we are here for.

Closed / Open Loop Recycling

As a supplier of high-quality secondary raw materials, we endeavour to find solutions in which the raw materials contained in textiles and shoes that are no longer wearable, are returned to the cycle. In our in-house recycling plant, for example, we produce fibres from used textiles that are used as insulation material in the automotive and construction industries.

Our NIR-based system for identifying the material composition and colour of textiles also enables us to process textiles that are no longer wearable for fibre-to-fibre recycling. Even if not every material is yet fully recyclable, we are tackling the technical and material-specific challenges in active collaboration with our partners.

Shoe Recycling

SOEX began setting up a pilot plant for recycling shoes at the Wolfen site back in 2018. Since then, we have been working with our external partners to continuously develop a process that allows the raw materials contained in the shoes (e.g. rubber, leather and foam) to be separated and fed back into the cycle.