The tech to recycle clothes is only just being invented

An employee places old clothes on the textile sorting machine at Cetia, the very first innovation platform dedicated to the recyclability of textiles and leather articles in Hendaye, southwestern France. While Europe only knows how to recycle a tiny fraction of its textiles on an industrial scale (1%), a number of companies are mobilising to structure a sector that is still in its infancy, such as Cetia, which is developing pioneering solutions for preparing textiles for recycling. — AFP

HENDAYE, France: The vast waste and pollution caused by the fashion industry has made recycling clothes a top priority, but only now are simple tasks like pulling the sole off a shoe being done by machines.

Cetia, a company in the southwest of France, is finally offering some mechanical solutions to the challenges of recycling clothes.