Added: Dec 01, 2020
Last edited: Feb 23, 2023
Resortecs combined thermal engineering, industrial design, and chemical engineering to develop state-of-the-art solutions to close the loop in fashion. Resortecs supplies a system including threads that dissolve at high temperatures, allowing for easier disassembly and recycling, as well as repair.
Garment recycling can be complicated by features like zippers and buttons, which usually have to be removed manually—increasing both costs and time. As a result less then 1% of clothing produced is turned into new clothes.
Resortecs enables high-quality textile recycling on an industrial scale thanks to automatic garment disassembly. When used additionally for regular seams, entire garments can easily be taken apart at end-of-life, so that the fabric can be reused—thus significantly reducing the need to produce fabric from scratch. Garments stitched with Smart Stitch™, the company's heat-dissolvable stitching threads, can be disassembled on an industrial scale thanks to Smart Disassembly™, Resortecs low-emissions thermal disassembly systems.
Smart Stitch™, is a heat-dissolvable stitching thread, it enables brands to transform their products into recyclable pieces from the manufacturing stage. Smart Stitch™ can be bio-based or synthetic with melting points at 150°C, 170°C, or 190°C. It is compatible with every stitching machine widely available in the market.
Smart Disassembly™ is the first industrial-scale thermal disassembly system in the world. It allows recyclers to tap into higher volumes of premium material, processing millions of garments per year without quality loss. It is 5 times as faster than manual disassembly and reaches recycling rates as high as 90%.
Resortecs is 5x faster than traditional disassembly and makes it possible to recycle up to 90% of garments' original fabric. Combined with recycling, Resortecs halves CO₂ emissions and reduces textile waste by up to 80%.
Resortecs has seen success through its joint project with unspun, during which they paired unspun’s on-demand production with Resortecs’ dissolvable thread, ultimately reducing the carbon emissions from the production of one pair of jeans by 27%. The project has the potential to reduce emissions by up to 50% in total in the future.
Cost Savings
Scalability
Reduce Emissions (SDG13)
Reduce Material Consumption (SDG12)
Minimise Waste (SDG12)
Reduce Energy Consumption
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