Paper from Old Clothes

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von Birgit Baustädter veröffentlicht am 18.06.2025 Research

Paper from Old Clothes

The old clothes are first cut into small shreds and soaked in an aqueous solution, then the mixture is ground up. This results in a suspension that is very similar to the conventional paper suspension and can be processed into paper using established methods.

A gutter with paper snips and water.

Using a special process, researchers from the Institute of Bioproducts and Paper Technology have succeeded in recovering cellulose fibres from used clothing and using them to produce cardboard and other packaging materials. Image source: Lunghammer - TU Graz

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