Projektnummer

0071834

Zusammenfassung

Fiber-based products and textiles in their overall life cycle contribute significantly to the anthropogenic green-house gas emissions, resource consumption and environmental microplastics pollution. A major obstacle in resolving these planetary boundary issues is that today's established fiber materials were not designed for circularity. This research will provide bio-sourced, non-persistent synthetic fibers and textiles that are scalable, processable and closed-loop recyclable under mild technical conditions efficiently. Key is a polyethylene-like crystallinity and low densities of in-chain f...