Looking for opportunities in the “chain”, the green fiber industry explores “new roads”
A green revolution starting from the textile industry is underway. At present, my country’s fiber field is accelerating the exploration of a green manufacturing system with green materials, clean production, green certification, circular development, etc. as the core. It is committed to establishing a “vane” for green and low-carbon development from the source of textiles, reducing carbon footprint output, and promoting textile Green transformation of the entire industry chain.
Green, low-carbon, and sustainable development have become the prefixes for the development of my country’s chemical fiber industry for a long time to come. From the perspective of the industry chain, green fiber is at the starting point of the textile industry technology chain and value chain. It not only plays a key role in leading technological innovation and value creation in the entire industry chain, but also carries the responsibility of promoting technology, fashion, and green high-tech in the textile industry.Quality plays a key role in development. What is the current development status of green fiber in my country? What are the shortcomings that need to be addressed urgently? What is the development direction that should be aimed at in the future?
To be “favored” and “long-lasting”, products must strictly control quality
Green fiber refers to raw materials derived from biomass or recyclable renewable raw materials, low-carbon production process environmental protection, and finished products that do not pollute the environment after disposal or can be recycled Utilized chemical fibers. As the world pursues green development, green fiber is not only regarded by many brands as part of their efforts to achieve 100% use of sustainable textile raw materials, but is also considered a green industry that can improve the environmental performance of the industrial chain and supply chain and reduce environmental impact. . With the favor of more and more industries, green fiber has quickly come to the forefront.
According to statistics, compared with virgin polyester fiber, every ton of recycled polyester produced can replace 6-8 tons of virgin oil. It can be seen that the development of green fiber is the key to my country’s chemical fiber industry. The only way to achieve sustainable industrial development.
The state has also actively introduced relevant industrial policies to help the development of the green fiber industry. On April 11 this year, the National Development and Reform Commission and three other departments issued the “Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Recycling of Waste Textiles (hereinafter referred to as the “Implementation Opinions”), providing resources for the textile industry The construction of a recycling system points out the direction and proposes a series of specific goals: by 2025, the recycling rate of waste textiles will reach 25%, and the output of recycled fiber from waste textiles will reach 2 million tons; by 2030, the recycling rate of waste textiles will reach 25%. 30%, and the output of recycled fiber from waste textiles reached 3 million tons.
On April 21, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the “Guiding Opinions on the High-Quality Development of the Chemical Fiber Industry” (hereinafter referred to as the “Guiding Opinions”), deploying the task of green and low-carbon transformation: the green manufacturing system continues to improve, The proportion of green fiber has increased to more than 25%, the output of bio-based chemical fiber and degradable fiber materials has increased by more than 20% annually, the level and scale of comprehensive utilization of waste resources have been further developed, and the industry’s carbon emission intensity has been significantly reduced.
A series of specific numerical goals have clarified the focus of the development of my country’s green fiber industry, and the development of the green fiber industry has ushered in a period of opportunity.
However, opportunities always coexist with challenges, and the constraints faced in industrial development cannot be ignored. A person in charge of the company revealed to reporters that at present, recycled polyester fiber, a major category of green fiber, is developing rapidly, and the demand from downstream brands is increasing at an average annual rate of more than 20%, but the overall production capacity of recycled polyester fiber is still in the climbing stage. With supply exceeding demand, problems such as counterfeiting of virgin polyester fiber as recycled polyester fiber on the market, incomplete traceability chain of recycled polyester fiber, shoddy quality, unclear proportions, inconsistent regulatory standards and inconsistent testing methods have caused many fiber problems. Enterprises are “prepared for headaches.”
Industry insiders told reporters that due to the low entry threshold for recycled polyester fiber in my country, the large number of companies, the large scale of the industry, and the fierce market competition, some companies are pursuing profits and labeling virgin fiber products as recycled polyester fiber. , passing it off as recycled polyester fiber and selling it on the market.
The source revealed that after the virgin fiber is labeled as recycled polyester fiber, the market price can increase by 1,000-2,000 yuan per ton, and some can even be as high as 6,000-7,000 yuan per ton. For example, he said that virgin fiber and regenerated polyester fiber are like inorganic vegetables and organic vegetables. There is no difference in appearance, but there are big differences in production process, technological process, cost input, environmental protection value, etc. In the long run, there will inevitably be ” The huge hidden danger of “bad money drives out good money” has seriously undermined the healthy and orderly development of my country’s green industry.
“Some companies have neither factories nor equipment. On the surface, they are reselling recycled fiber, but in fact they are reselling the concept of recycled fiber.” Relevant people said that the current methods of corporate fraud can be said to be very elaborate. For example, a bottle washing factory sells labels, tin foil, bottle caps and other non-PET produced by bottle washing as waste, and falsely issues TC certificates, giving downstream opportunities to misrepresent the real ones; TC certificates are turned into “commodities” by illegal companies for trading; violations The company used part of the recycled fiber as 100% recycled fiber and did not apply for the TC certificate according to the actual proportion…
The person said that from the perspective of protecting the behavior�Key technologies for high-performance fiber recycling, breakthroughs in polyester, nylon chemical regeneration technology, acrylic fiber, spandex regeneration technology, Cotton/regenerated cellulose fiber waste textile recycling and green pulping industrialization technology. Promote high-quality large-scale production of recycled polyester filament directly spun from bottle flakes.
For bio-based chemical fiber, another major category of green fiber, the “Guiding Opinions” clearly state that the purity of bio-based chemical fiber monomers and raw materials should be improved, and the integration of stable, efficient, low-energy-consumption complete sets of technology and equipment should be accelerated to achieve large-scale, Low cost production.
Many people in the industry emphasized in interviews with reporters that enterprises producing green fiber must cooperate with the upstream and downstream industrial chains to jointly overcome the technical bottlenecks faced by current development, solve the “stuck neck” problem, and grasp new technologies and The development trend of new industries, new business formats and new models aims at the cutting-edge and top level of science and technology, gathers breakthroughs in core key technologies of the industry, promotes the construction of key industrial projects, improves product standards, realizes large-scale low-cost production, and further promotes the application of green fiber in textiles and clothing, Large-scale applications in industrial and other fields.
Obviously, my country’s green fiber industry is huge and has high demand for raw materials, so it may face a shortage of raw material supply. Finding raw materials with “green genes” has become a difficult problem facing the industry.
Many companies will turn their attention to waste textiles.
A person in charge of an enterprise said, “There is a lot of room for development in the recycling of waste textiles in my country.” According to the “China Renewable Resource Recycling Industry Development Report (2020)”, in 2019, my country’s three types of textiles: cotton, chemical fiber and silk. The fiber processing volume is approximately 66.1 million tons. It is estimated that more than 20 million tons of waste textiles are generated every year. One type is leftover materials from pre-consumer industrial processing, which are basically recycled. The other type is a large amount of waste clothing and textiles idle in the hands of residents, with a recycling rate of about 15%. .
“If waste textiles can be rationally utilized, it will be of great benefit to promote the development of the green fiber industry.” said the person in charge of the above-mentioned enterprise.
However, many companies admit that judging from my country’s current ability and level of recycling waste textiles, there are still certain challenges.
The relevant person in charge of the Environmental Protection and Resource Conservation Promotion Committee of the China Textile and Apparel Industry Federation said that the difficulty of textile recycling exists around the world. “Recycling is for reuse, but at present, my country’s recycling channels are not sound enough. Recycling, sorting, transportation, and warehousing are all problems that need to be solved. In terms of how to achieve high-value utilization of waste textiles, our country still needs to continue to Carry out technology research and development.”
There is still a long way to go to realize the healthy development of waste textiles in our country. However, it is worth noting that with the strong support of national policies, some companies have already actively practiced it. It is understood that some brand merchants have set up some recycling bins for recycling old clothes in specialty stores to reflect their social responsibilities, and some companies have established a complete chain of recycling, decomposition, reprocessing, reuse and sales channels to achieve internal circulation.
“With the gradual establishment of my country’s waste textile recycling system, coupled with the joint assistance of industry organizations, platform institutions, brands, and enterprises, a synergistic force will surely further promote the development of my country’s green fiber industry.” Some companies said.
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