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VALORISATION OF CO₂ WASTE STREAMS INTO POLYESTER FOR A SUSTAINABLE CIRCULAR TEXTILE INDUSTRY

The Threading-CO₂ project addresses the call topic HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-11: Valorisation of CO/CO₂ streams into added-value products of market interest (Processes4Planet Partnership), and has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement N° 101092257.

The overall objective is to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the textile industry by demonstrating and bringing to the market high-quality polyester textile products from the valorization of CO₂ waste streams through a circular manufacturing approach.

About the project

Start date: 1 January 2023

Duration: 48 months

Coordinator: FAIRBRICS SAS

The context

The textile industry is the fourth largest industry in the world with the global volume of fiber production for textile manufacturing reaching 110 million metric tons in 2020. At the same time, the textile industry is one of the most polluting industries worldwide with the highest greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions corresponding to 10% of the global emissions. Polyester (PET) is the most widely used fibre in the industry, making up 52% of the global market volume. No technology available today is capable of addressing the textile industry’s sustainability and virgin PET produced from primary petrochemical sources remains predominant with a fossil fuel consumption of 98 Mt annually which is expected to reach 300 Mt by 2050. Addressing the key challenges of carbon neutrality, circularity, cost, value chain adaption, and textile properties is the ambition of Threading-CO₂, a disruptive project that will demonstrate on an industrial scale a first-of-its-kind technology that converts CO₂ waste streams into sustainable PET textiles.

The project

Threading-CO₂ aims to scale-up and demonstrate its first-of-its-kind technology producing high-quality commercially viable sustainable PET textile products from CO₂ waste streams at industrial scale (TRL7) using a circular manufacturing approach and running on renewable energy sources. The overall outcome of the Threading-CO₂ project is a 70% GHG emissions reduction compared to existing PET manufacturing processes. In addition, Threading-CO₂ will enable the creation of a European value chain for sustainable PET textiles, from feedstock to final textile products in the clothing, automotive and sports/outdoor industries.

THREADING-CO₂ Methodology

News / Events

THREADING-CO2 first press release now out

13/03/2023

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THREADING-CO2 Project kicked off

08/03/2023

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Partners

AIMPLAS

Ciaotech s.r.l.

City of Lappeenranta

DIGIOTOUCH

ELCAT - UANTWERPEN

FAIRBRICS SAS

FORVIA - Faurecia

German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf

LES TISSAGES DE CHARLIEU

LUT University

NALDEO TECHNOLOGIES & INDUSTRIES

TECNALIA

Triple Helix SurePure

Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor HaDEA can be held responsible for them.

OBJECTIVES

Threading-CO2 will:

pursue the scale-up of a first-of-its-kind technology producing PET textiles from CO2 waste streams from lab scale (TRL5) to pilot line scale (TRL6) to finally reach demo plant scale (TRL7) using a circular manufacturing approach and running on renewable energy sources.
decrease GHG emissions and environmental impact of current manufacturing technology and polyester products.
ensure homogeneity, purity and quality of the Threading-CO2 process to guarantee applicability in industrial-scale polymerisation and spinning plants for at least three different application areas.
ensure the environmental, social and economic sustainability of the Threading-CO2 technology at industrial scale in line with the EU Process4Planet through Sustainable Carbon Cycles Strategy.
co-develop learning and training resources for professionals and students to develop competences and skills related to valorisation and recycling of CO2 in a circular manufacturing approach for the process industries.
optimise project dissemination, exploitation, stakeholder analysis and engagement activities to ensure market uptake for Threading-CO2 polyester and to raise awareness of greener polyester textiles as economically viable and sustainable alternatives to conventional fuel-based polyester.

IMPACTS

Threading-CO2 will significantly impact the industry by implementing its carbon reuse technology and reducing at least 7 million tons of CO2 by 2030. By using CO2 emissions instead of fossil resources to manufacture polyester, Threading-CO2 addresses one of the greatest global challenges, the climate change caused by excessive GHG emissions into the atmosphere. It is estimated that polyester production for textiles released about 706 million tons of greenhouse gases in 2015, the equivalent of annual emissions from 185 coal-fired power plants. Additionally, Threading-CO2 helps to avoid other detrimental issues that the use of fossil fuels brings, including oil spills, methane emissions, and wildlife disruption and biodiversity loss. The quantitative and qualitative impacts of Threading-CO2 polyester have several broader societal positive effects associated with climate change mitigation. It has the potential to contribute to reducing the countless negative impacts that the climate change has on everyday lives, including health (rising temperatures, vector-borne diseases, air quality), water security, biodiversity, economy (extreme weather events), etc.

The project will:

target a range of products and/or intermediates with a wide variety of applications in different sectors (e.g., construction, automotive, food/feed, etc.) to replace existing ones (e.g., fossil based or from virgin raw materials).
consider clearly industrial specifications and relevant market requirements.
demonstrate that targeted products and/or intermediates can fully replace existing counterparts.
demonstrate the improved environmental footprint of the proposed products and processes, as well as other positive impacts using relevant methodologies (e.g., LCA, LCSA, etc.).
provide elements related to the replicability and scalability of the technology, along with the potential for applicability in other Energy intensive industry sectors.
demonstrate the proposed concepts in an industrially relevant environment and at an appropriate scale.

AMBITION

Threading-CO2 is an ambitious project which goes beyond the state of the art in numerous ways, with regards to both the valorisation of CO2 streams into higher added value projects and in the demonstration of a first-of-its-kind sustainable and commercially feasible polyester for a carbon neutral textile industry:

Ambition 1: Demonstration of the valorisation of CO2 waste streams into low carbon circular polyester at industrial scale.
Ambition 2: Production of high-quality commercially viable sustainable CO2 based textile products capable of meeting market demands.
Ambition 3: Drastically reduce GHG emissions and environmental footprint of polyester manufacturing process.
Ambition 4: Creation of a European value chain for sustainable PET.

PARTNERS

The THREADING-CO₂ is composed by 13 partners from 7 EU countries.

AIMPLAS	Ciaotech s.r.l.	City of Lappeenranta
DIGIOTOUCH	ELCAT - UANTWERPEN	FAIRBRICS SAS
FORVIA - Faurecia	German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf	LES TISSAGES DE CHARLIEU
LUT University	NALDEO TECHNOLOGIES & INDUSTRIES	TECNALIA
Triple Helix SurePure

NEWS / EVENTS

--Deliverables

Public deliverables will be online soon!

--Publications

THREADING-CO2 press release #1

CONTACT

If you want to receive more information about the THREADING-CO₂ project, you have any questions, or you are interested in getting in contact with the Consortium, do not hesitate to contact us!

Project Coordinator:

Benoit ILLY

Co-founder and CEO of Fairbrics

https://fairbrics.co

benoit.illy@fairbrics.co