News Summary

• Nike has signed deals with two chemical recycling companies, but no one is saying much about their technology or how scalable it is.
• The day when they can buy chemically recycled clothes, wear them, then return them for another trip through the cycle isn't nigh.
• The push to do so through chemical means is a response to the shortcomings of other strategies they’ve tried.
• Traditional mechanical recycling through shredding and grinding causes fibers to break down.
• The resulting fabric must be blended with 70 to 80 percent virgin material so anything made with it doesn’t pill and tear.