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Taiwan’s biggest textile fibre makers are switching to textile-to-textile recycling by 2030, but waste rules are holding up progress 

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Twenty two out of the 48 teams at this summer's FIFA World Cup wore jerseys made with Taiwanese fabrics.

TAIPEI – Taiwan's largest synthetic fibre producers are moving from bottle-based recycled polyester to textile-to-textile (T2T) recycling, but waste rules are slowing progress, according to the island’s textile federation.

Speaking at a press briefing during this week’s 30th Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show (TITAS), Justin Huang, president of the Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF), said that by 2030 leading brands sourcing polyester and nylon from Taiwan would be buying T2T materials rather than fibre made from recycled PET bottles.

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