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Waste cotton transformed into virgin quality yarn.
Apani has developed a novel, patented method for recycling waste cotton back to a virgin quality yarn. Converting an economic and environmental liability into a sustainable, valuable asset.
Today, 85% of textile waste is sent to landfills to be buried or incinerated. 14% is 'downcycled' into low value goods such as insulation or shop rags. Less than 1% of textile waste is recycled into new garments.
Current recycling methods are mechanical processes that damage the fibers, making them unfit for use in fabrics. Apani's method is a chemical process that dissolves and extrudes cotton into new, long strand fibers.
100m
tons of textile waste discarded every year
85%
of textile waste is buried or burned at landfills
<1%
of textile waste is recycled into new garments
Introducing, ARC Fiber™.
100% COTTON
Apani Recycled Cotton (ARC)™ is pure cotton, made from pure cotton waste.
CUSTOMIZABLE
ARC Fiber™ is engineered to meet customer specifications including: staple length, diameter size and profile shape.
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
ARC Fiber™ is produced in a closed-loop system without toxic chemicals or energy intensive processes.
OUR
WASTE
SOURCES
PRE-CONSUMER
Of the 27 million tons of cotton grown each year, roughly half (13.5 million tons), is discarded as waste before ever being used by a consumer. Apani will collect this waste from gins, knitting, and cutting facilities, diverting it from landfills and turning it into high quality, 100% cotton yarn.
POST-CONSUMER
Every year, consumers discard nearly 100 million tons of textile waste. This waste is buried in landfills or incinerated where it produces millions of tons of greenhouse gasses including CO₂ (carbon dioxide) and CH₄ (methane).
The Apani Process
Textile waste is collected, cleaned and shredded before processing. Apani's chemistry can process 100% cotton and cotton blended materials.
WASTE PREPARATION
Prepared material is added to Apani's chemistry where cotton is dissolved leaving synthetic materials behind to be recycled elsewhere.
PROCESSING
The solution is then injected into a water-based bath where new cotton fibers are created. Apani's chemistry is recaptured and used over and over.
REGIN™ YARN EXTRUSION
Every ton of waste cotton reclaimed by Apani will save:
5
Tons of CO₂ equivalent emissions
500,000
Gallons of fresh water
100,000
Square feet of land
30%
Reduction in chemical emissions
CLOSING
THE LOOP & HEALING OUR PLANET
The Apani Process
WASTE PREPARATION
Textile waste is collected, cleaned and shredded before processing. Apani's chemistry can process 100% cotton and cotton blended materials.
ACR FIber™ EXTRUSION
The solution is then injected into a water-based bath where new cotton fibers are created. Apani's chemistry is recaptured and used over and over.
PROCESSING
Prepared material is added to Apani's chemistry where cotton is dissolved, leaving synthetic materials behind to be recycled elsewhere.
