There is an annual production of over 100,000 tons textiles waste in Hong Kong and the figure is equivalent to the disposal of over 1,000 pieces of T-shirt per minutes. In this Project, an advanced, automatic and fully functional mini-scale production line, which is able to recycle post-consumer garment into a sanitized recycled garment, will be developed. The system will allow further exploration of business and educational model for circular economy of textile recycling. The objective of the project is to provide a recycle solution for local garment recycling and to solve the associated technical challenges of packaging all the machines and system into a compact space.
Project No. (ITC) | ITP/082/17TP |
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Project Type | Platform |
Project Co-ordinator | Mr. KEH Yee Man, Edwin |
Research Institute | The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles & Apparel Limited |
ITF Amount | HK$ 5,390,000 |
Start Date DD/MM/YY | 2018-03-01 |
Completion Date DD/MM/YY | 2019-08-31 |
Sponsors |
H&M Hennes & Mauritz (Far East) Ltd
Novetex Textiles Limited
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IP Number |
19121670.4
88/327,961
88/327,959
018028212
018027544
36534533, 36498254, 36513944, 36529127
304839706
304839715
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