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How Sustainable of Textile with Recycled Yarn

Textile with recycled yarn can be a more sustainable option compared to traditional textiles made with virgin materials. Recycled yarn is typically made from post-consumer or post-industrial waste, such as discarded clothing, textile scraps, or plastic bottles, which reduces the amount of waste that ends up in landfills or oceans.

The production of recycled yarn typically uses less water, energy, and resources compared to the production of virgin materials. Recycling waste materials also reduces the need for raw materials extraction and the associated environmental impacts, such as deforestation or water pollution.

Using recycled yarn can also help reduce the carbon footprint of textile production, as it avoids the emissions associated with the production of new materials. According to some estimates, producing recycled polyester yarn can result in up to 75% lower greenhouse gas emissions compared to producing virgin polyester.

In addition to environmental benefits, textile with recycled yarn can also offer economic benefits. Recycling waste materials can create new business opportunities and jobs, particularly in developing countries where waste management infrastructure is limited.

However, it is important to note that textile made with recycled yarn is not a silver bullet for sustainable textile production. Recycling alone cannot address all the sustainability challenges in the textile industry, such as water pollution, energy consumption, or labor rights. Additionally, the recycling process itself can have environmental impacts, such as energy consumption and emissions associated with transportation and processing.

To ensure the sustainability of textile with recycled yarn, it is important to consider the entire lifecycle of the product, including the sourcing of the waste materials, the production process, and end-of-life disposal or recycling. Certification schemes and labeling systems, such as the Global Recycled Standard or the Recycled Claim Standard, can help ensure transparency and accountability in the recycled textile supply chain.

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5 Meter Textile for Low Energy Consumption

  1. Inline Fixation

    2. 5 meter textile offline fixation has several challenges, from handling 5 meter materials (loading and unloading both the printer AND the calender) in addition to loading 5-meter protective tissue paper to production inefficiencies of a twostep process. Additionally, with today’s very quick turn-around for jobs, printing and removing a job from the press as it’s completed can help in the “quick turn” nature of today’s business.

  2. 2. Media Width Flexibility

    3. Many companies will gang multiple images up on a 5-meter roll and cut them after printing. The equipment features the ability to simultaneously print on two different width rolls, allowing the customer to print a 1-meter wide roll next to a 2.6-meter width roll. This gives the customer the ability to maximize the entire system when not needing 5-meter output and the flexibility of multiple rolls.

  3. 3. Media Loading

    4. Media loading can be quite costly in many grand-format inline 5 meter textile systems. The equipment has an integrated ultrasonic automatic sewing system to attach new rolls, significantly reducing waste as there is no need to completely web the system on roll change-outs.

  4. 4. Fabric Tension Adjustments

    5. Textile, compared to paper or vinyl, has some unique challenges inherent to its structure. Many times, different fabrics can perform very differently in a printer when printing direct. The equipment features several ways to adjust the fabric tension so the system prints consistently and reliably regardless of the type of fabric, such as a woven backlit, knit poplin, soft-knit, heavy-knit, etc.

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Advantages of Digital Textile Printing

  1. The easiest way around those minimums at a conventional print plant. Conventional methods understandably require large minimums due to longer setup times. Digital printing fabric allows us to print the small runs much more efficiently to allow for print on demand or short run programs.
  2. Proper dye/digital printing fabric combination with finishing provides excellent Light/Color Fastness.
  3. Reduce Risk! Allows for smaller investment to get one’s product to market without the cost of speculation.
  4. Quick turnaround of strike-offs.
  5. There is no restriction on the number of colors or size of repeat.
  6. Photo Realistic images are easily achievable.
  7. Ideal for short runs, engineered prints, customized designs, print on demand, and one of a kind prints!
  8. Digital textile printing can achieve many prints that are not possible with the conventional method. The inkjet printhead can print at a high resolution to achieve photo quality digital printing fabric prints, if desired.