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RECYCLING COLLABORATION
Australia’s Samsara Eco and Israel’s Nilit partner

to close loop on nylon 6,6 products

Australian plastics recycling specia-
list, Samsara Eco, and Nilit, Israel-
based producer of nylon 6,6 for apparel,
have announced plans to explore
investment and construction of a nylon
6,6 textile-to-textile recycled polymer
production site in South East Asia to
help close the loop on nylon 6,6.

Nylon 6,6 is one of the most widely
used fibres in the performance apparel
and fashion industries, with roughly
4-mt used each year. However, it is noto-
riously difficult to recycle and when
blended with other fibres like spandex, advance nylon 6,6 circularity and delivers outstanding fabric quality
it increases the challenge. Together, reduce plastic waste. We are proud to be and performance while benefitting the
Samsara Eco and Nilit are seeking to exploring a pilot recycling facility with planet.”According to Samsara Eco, its
address this issue. Nilit, setting a precedent of what’s pos- enzymatic recycling technology, EosEco
sible for future partners globally,” added is the “world’s first technology to
Aiming to be operational by late Ms. Sarah Cook, Chief Commercial infinitely recycle nylon 6,6 by combin-
2026, the anticipated facility will be and Operations Officer of Samsara Eco. ing biophysics, chemistry, biology and
capable of recycling textile waste, pro- computer science (such as AI) to cre-
ducing high-quality recycled nylon 6,6 Mr. Ilan Melamed, Nilit’s General ate a family of plastic-eating enzymes”.
polymers, for textile brands and manu- Manager noted, “Implementing EosEco can recycle a breadth of feed-
facturers to seamlessly use in their ex- textile-to-textile recycling solutions stock inputs, including coloured and
isting supply chains to create new tex- will substantially decrease global blended textiles like nylon 6,6 with
tile fabrics, infinitely. carbon emissions and reduce the 92 spandex. EosEco, together with Nilit’s
million tonnes of textile waste added polymerisation, spinning and techno-
“Our vision is to deliver climate to landfills annually. Together, Nilit and logy will be able to create premium
repair through infinite recycling. One Samsara Eco have the potential to pro recycled nylon 6, 6 yarn for global
of the ways we are achieving this is by duce infinitely recycled nylon 6,6 that consumption, it added.
creating the first circular pathway for
nylon 6,6. Discarded clothing made DKSH to help distribute Hasten
from nylon 6,6 such as activewear, and
even products like car interiors, typically Biopharma’s products in Thailand
end up in landfill or are incinerated at
the end of life, which has dire conse- DKSH has been appointed by Hasten of Hasten’s products across hospitals,
quences for our planet,” said Mr. Paul Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a China- clinics and pharmacies in Thailand
Riley, CEO and Founder of Samsara based biopharmaceutical company, to through distribution, logistics, market-
Eco. support its pan-Asian growth ambitions. ing and sales services.

“By working with Nilit, we can As per an exclusive agreement with The collaboration seeks to give
reverse this trend and give apparel a new HP Bidco 2 Ltd., an affiliate of Hasten more patients access to high-quality
life. The MoU agreement is an impor- Biopharma for Thailand, DKSH will medication for chronic diseases such as
tant step to help brands and the world improve the availability and accessibility hypertension and diabetes.

156 Chemical Weekly September 10, 2024

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