After the opening of his pilot facility “Regeneration Hub Zero” in Frankfurt in October last year, the textile-to-textile regeneration company Reju announced its first industrial textile recycling center in the Netherlands.
The “Regeneration Hub One” will be located in the Chemelot Industrial Park in Sittard, which is also known as an innovation center. Sittard is located about 28 kilometers north of Maastricht, near the Belgian border in the west and the German border in the east. “This strategic situation enables Reju to use the existing infrastructure and industrial synergies in order to scale its activities efficiently,” said the company in a press release.
In addition, the opening of the first industrial textile recycling center Rejus Weg to build a circular infrastructure for the regeneration of textile waste on a large scale will accelerate.
“This is an important milestone for Reju. By announcing the location for the ‘Regeneration Hub One’, we confirm our commitment to transform the textile industry through innovation and cooperation,” comments Reju CEO Patrik Frisk.
New industrial T2T recycling center is an “important milestone” for Reju
“Chemelot is the ideal environment to scale our technology and integrate into a wider network of industrial power plants that are also aligned with a circular economy. Here we want to prove that textile-to-textile cycle economy can be reached on a large scale,” adds Frisk.
The new hub is said to regenerate the equivalent of 300 million articles annually, which would otherwise end as a drop in textiles, which leads to a production capacity of 50,000 tons of recycled bis-hydroxyethylene errephthalat (RBHET) per year. This is then repolymerized to Reju Pet and converted into Reju Polyester, which causes 50 percent less CO2 emissions than new polyester.
The Reju Polyester is then introduced back into the downstream supply chain, where there is a yarn and fabrics for the end consumer: inside.
“With the decision of Reju to locate its innovative recycling system in chemelot, the Netherlands reach a premiere: the country’s first large -scale recycling facility in which discarded textiles are processed into raw materials for new and even better textiles. This is the type of new industry that we strive for – sustainable, circular and future -oriented. strengthens our position in the circular chemical industry, ”comments Sophie Hermans, Minister of Climate Policy and Green Growth.
“Despite the challenges in the industry, the Netherlands for green industrial investments remain attractive. With this new plant, we actively build up the industry of tomorrow, and I am proud that Reju has chosen the Netherlands,” added Hermans.
The project is subject to the final investment decision of the board of Technip Energies, Rejus parent company.