NIEDERZISSEN, Germany—Akro-Plastic GmbH is touting a special grade of nylon 6 that could be a replacement for nylon 6/6, a widely used engineering thermoplastic. The Niederzissen-based company said in ...

The global dominance of fossil-based synthetics-what the European Commission found commanded 67 percent of the world's textile fiber production in 2023 and contributes to the 90-odd million tons of ...

Found in fishing nets, carpet, clothing, Nylon-6 is a major contributor to plastic pollution, including ocean pollution. Now, chemists have developed a new catalyst that quickly, cleanly and ...

And now, the two have debuted the first enzymatically recycled nylon 6.6 product. “Until now, textile-to-textile nylon 6.6 has been unrecyclable; the samples we have created with Lululemon represent a ...

Expecting to be operational by late 2026, the facility aims to recycle textile waste and produce high-quality recycled nylon 6,6 polymers. Credit: Shutterstock The proposed facility aims to “close the ...

The quest for synthetic silk led to the creation of nylon, the versatile engineering resin that's celebrating its 75th birthday this year. DuPont Co. began commercial production of nylon 6/6 fiber on ...

For decades, materials made of Nylon-6 have littered, entangled, and damaged ecosystems — and because this durable plastic does not breakdown for millenia, the situation continues to worsen.

The global dominance of fossil-based synthetics—what the European Commission found commanded 67 percent of the world’s textile fiber production in 2023 and contributes to the 90-odd million tons of ...