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CLOTHING TO
FUEL

Transforming clothing into solid fuel (RPF)

Parts and scraps of clothing that could not be utilized in the recycling process are transformed into energy in the form of calorie dense solid fuel (RPF)*. Solid fuels substitute fossil fuels and are used for industrial purposes such as for boilers in paper manufacturing.

* Japan Only

CLOTHING TO
MATERIALS

Clothes that can’t be recycled are used to make insulation and soundproofing materials.

Clothing that cannot be reused are transformed into insulation for buildings and soundproofing materials for automobiles. Approximately 22 T-shirts (4.3kg clothing weight)*, are cut, turned back into fiber, and recycled into enough soundproofing material for one car, reducing engine noise in a petrol car and high-frequency waves in an electric car. Efforts have also begun to use shredded clothes as insulation materials

*Assumes 1 T-shirt weighs 200g (Source: Nihon Tokushu Toryo Co. Ltd.)