Nike gets funding for apparel recycling research

The Remade Institute, a 132-member public-private partnership established by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) with an initial investment of $140 million, announced a funding round worth $33.2 million in new technology research, selecting 23 new projects. One of the beneficiaries will be Nike, which will explore the use of automated technologies to disassemble garments for recycling in order to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. Nike is collaborating with scientists from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) scientists on the program, called “Developing an Automated Method to Disassemble and Separate Apparel for Recycling.”