Trims may be small, but they’re a big reason textile-to-textile (T2T) recycling struggles to scale. Adhesives, threads, laminates, labels, and fasteners often block recyclers from processing garments efficiently. TOMRA Recycling highlights this issue, echoing findings from Accelerating Circularity’s CSTIM report. The CSTIM working group mapped out how trims disrupt fiber recovery and what can be …
