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The Current State and Prospects of Recycling Silk Industry Waste into Nonwoven Materials

Version 1 : Received: 24 April 2023 / Approved: 25 April 2023 / Online: 25 April 2023 (07:17:46 CEST)

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Sashina, E.S.; Yakovleva, O.I. The Current State and Prospects of Recycling Silk Industry Waste into Nonwoven Materials. Fibers 2023, 11, 56. Sashina, E.S.; Yakovleva, O.I. The Current State and Prospects of Recycling Silk Industry Waste into Nonwoven Materials. Fibers 2023, 11, 56.

Abstract

Natural fibres are the preferred options for garment, technical and medical textiles, nonwovens and composites. Their sustainability is a considerable advantage. Though, the nature of silk production and processing involves a large amount of waste. The present review explores the current issues of recycling silk waste into nonwovens for medical and air filtration purposes. The article proposes to obtain nonwovens from short fibres using electrospinning of fibroin solutions in volatile solvents. Longer fibres are proposed to be processed into needle punched nonwoven materials with a selection of an effective antistatic treatment.

Keywords

natural silk waste; dissolution, electrospinning; needle punched nonwovens

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Materials Science and Technology

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