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.
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?