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Tereform, Inc.

ACCELERATING THE RATE OF CLIMATE INNOVATION BY:

Chemically recycling synthetic textiles—which are made from petrochemicals—with an energy efficient process, diverting materials from landfills and reducing demand for new carbon-intensive materials.

Tereform, Inc.
Industry Cohort 25-2 Industry - Chemicals Low Carbon Industrial Materials
PROBLEM FOCUS
Material complexity and contaminants in waste streams create obstacles for efficient textile recycling. This results in over 90 million tons of textile waste being landfilled or incinerated every year—that's about a full dump truck of material every second.
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION
Tereform has developed a chemical recycling process for blends of synthetic textiles that can recycle multiple synthetic polymer types simultaneously even in the presence of dyes, additives, and contaminants present in post-consumer waste streams. Their proprietary process uses oxygen and bio-based solvents to deconstruct these materials into their base chemical building blocks, converting waste materials back into polyester while minimizing costly sorting and pre-processing steps.
HEADQUARTER
Englewood, CO, USA
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http://www.tereform.com
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