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Module 6 — Recycling and material recovery
The real recovery routes, their yields and their limits — and how to test a claim.
The final module works through collection, sorting, mechanical and chemical recovery, and where each route fails. It closes with how to read a claim: what chain-of-custody model sits behind it, what share of the product it covers, and whether the numbers survive contact with the process.
By the end of this module: Assess a recycled-content or circularity claim against the process, the evidence and the yield.
Prerequisite: Modules 1–5 — recovery only makes sense once the whole chain is in view.
Who this module is for · Intermediate
- Product developers and designers writing material and trim specifications
- Factory technologists working on cutting waste, offcuts and reprocessing
- Sustainability, compliance and sourcing staff who need the technical detail behind claims
- Students and new entrants who want the chain in order rather than in fragments
This module stands on its own — study it in any order. Your reading, quiz score and capstone are saved on this device, and to your account when you sign in. See your progress for this course.
1. Read these chapters
2. Then work through these stages
Module quiz
5 questions on Module 6 — Recycling and material recovery. Answer them all, then check your score before moving on. 4 correct or more is a pass. Your best score is saved on this device, and to your account when you are signed in. This is a self-check, not an accredited assessment.
1. The first practical constraint on post-consumer textile recycling is
2. "Closed loop" is used accurately when
3. A hangtag says "made with recycled polyester". What should you ask next?
4. Bottle-derived recycled polyester in apparel is best described as
5. Which statement about today's fibre-to-fibre recovery is honest?
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