Textile materials with 50% post-consumer fibres

J. F. Almeida has produced, with spinning, yarns in a blend with 40% post-consumer recycled cotton fibres received from Purfi. J. F. Almeida has then produced two qualities of yarn with the same composition, one to be used in the ring and the second in the weft. Lastly, design and weaving structure has been defined for the production of bath towels with recycled yarn in the ring and weft.

J. F. Almeida utilized a 500 kg blend consisting of 50% virgin cotton and 50% recycled cotton fibres obtained from Purfi to produce yarn through open-end spinning. Finally, the produced yarn was employed to manufacture terry towels featuring the tExtended logo using a Jacquard weaving machine.

The recycled fibre presents itself with a homogeneous shade. In the next step, dyeing, J. F. Almeida will have the possibility to dye the fibres with light colours, obtaining good colour uniformity of the textile material.