Patent Alert 2024-02
Covering the topic of circular textiles and plastics, the patent selection of this month starts with textiles and plastics obtained from renewable sources. Examples of methods for processing these renewable plastics and textiles into building blocks, namely their monomers via depolymerization, for further polymers synthesis and processing into new products. At the product design phase, product circularity must be considered for example, by designing and manufacturing the products in the way that these can be dismantled or fully recycled (design for dismantling, design for recycling) like in examples of patents included in this selection.
Patent Alert 2024-02
This selection includes an invention addressing the challenge of recovering both elastane and nylon from fabric waste to be reused as input materials in manufacturing.
