A nylon 6,6 textile-to-textile recycling facility to be built in SEA
Samsara Eco, the enviro-tech innovator and NILIT, the world’s leader in the production of nylon 6,6 for apparel, have announced plans to invest and construct a nylon 6,6 textile-to-textile recycled polymer production site in South East Asia, closing the loop on nylon 6,6.
Samsara Eco and NILIT will partner to build a nylon 6,6 textile-to-textile recycled polymer production site in South East Asia. (Source: Samsara Eco)
“Implementing textile-to-textile recycling solutions will substantially decrease global carbon emissions and reduce the 92 million tons of textile waste added to landfills annually,” explained Ilan Melamed, General Manager of NILIT.
The production site will utilize EosEco technology from Samsara. EosEco is the world’s first technology to infinitely recycle nylon 6,6 by combining biophysics, chemistry, biology and computer science (e.g. AI) to create a family of plastic-eating enzymes.
The enzymes break down plastic waste, including textiles made from nylon 6,6 into raw materials, which are then seamlessly integrated into existing manufacturing processes to create a truly closed loop. It can recycle a breadth of feedstock inputs, including colored and blended textiles like nylon 6,6 with spandex.
EosEco, together with NILIT’s unique polymerization, spinning and technology will be able to create premium recycled Nylon 6,6 yarn for textile brands and manufacturers to seamlessly use in their existing supply chains to create new textile fabrics.
The production site aims to start operation by late 2026.
