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Strategies for Removing Chemical Finishes

from Post-Consumer Outdoor Fabrics

Dr. Valentina Trovato
Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering
Sapienza University of Rome

Introduction
The REACT proposal will address the
management of waste acrylic textiles
coming from outdoor awnings and fur-
nishing.
Methods to remove hazardous sub-
stances and contaminants from sec-
ondary raw materials
The goal is to perform a new process
for hazardous chemicals removal from
finished acrylic textiles, with innova-
tive investigation and processing tech-
niques in order to obtain a fully com-
patible recycled acrylic textile for re-
REACT project involves stakeholders and market
use.
Innovation expected from REACT The long-term purposes of REACT
project activities are concerning: project can be summarized as follows:
- Post-consumer waste treatment To produce recommendations on:
(e.g. chemical finishes removal) to
enhance their recycling; - production chain implementation;
- Innovative analytical method for the - design and manufacturing of mate-
identification of chemicals; rials to enhance recyclability;

- Innovative approaches to improve - technology transfer and standards.
sustainability and reduce environ-
mental and health risk. A circular economy approach to:
REACT project involves stakeholders - improve secondary raw material re-
and market as illustrated above. covery;

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