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A Textile Regenesis,
Coming Soon.

Waste cotton transformed into virgin quality yarn. 

Apani has developed a novel, patented method for recycling waste cotton back to a virgin quality yarn. Converting an economic and environmental liability into a sustainable, valuable asset.

Today, 85% of textile waste is sent to landfills to be buried or incinerated. 14% is 'downcycled' into low value goods such as insulation or shop rags. Less than 1% of textile waste is recycled into new garments.

Current recycling methods are mechanical processes that damage the fibers, making them unfit for use in fabrics. Apani's method is a chemical process that dissolves and extrudes cotton into new, long strand fibers. 
 

100m

tons of textile waste discarded every year

85%

of textile waste is buried or burned at landfills 

<1%

of textile waste is recycled into new garments

Introducing, REGIN Yarn.

100% COTTON

Apani's REGIN™ yarn is pure cotton, made from pure cotton waste.

CUSTOMIZABLE

Staple length, diameter and shape are customizable based on customer specifications.

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

Regin™ yarn is produced in a closed-loop system without toxic chemicals or energy intensive processes.

OUR
WASTE
SOURCES

PRE-CONSUMER

Of the 27 million tons of cotton grown each year, roughly half (13.5 million tons), is discarded as waste before ever making it into a finished good. Apani will collect this waste from gins, knitting, and cutting facilities, diverting it from landfills and turning it into high quality, 100% cotton yarn. 

POST-CONSUMER

Every year, consumers discard nearly 100 million tons of textile waste. This waste is buried in landfills or incinerated where it produces millions of tons of greenhouse gasses including CO₂ (carbon dioxide) and CH₄ (methane).

The Apani Process

Textile waste is collected, cleaned and shredded before processing. Apani's chemistry can process 100% cotton and cotton blended materials.

WASTE PREPARATION

Prepared material is added to Apani's chemistry where cotton is dissolved leaving synthetic materials behind to be recycled elsewhere.

PROCESSING

The solution is then injected into a water-based bath where new cotton fibers are created. Apani's chemistry is recaptured and used over and over.

REGIN™ YARN EXTRUSION

Every ton of waste cotton reclaimed by Apani will save:

5

Tons of CO₂ equivalent emissions

500,000

Gallons of fresh water

100,000

Square feet of land

30%

Reduction in chemical emissions

As our operations scale, so will our global annual impact.

13,500,000

Tons of cotton waste reclaimed by Apani

67,500,000

Tons of CO₂ equivalent emissions

28,000,000

Acres of land

50,000,000,000

Gallons of fresh water

CLOSING
THE LOOP & HEALING OUR PLANET

For more information about Apani Labs contact us:

The Apani Process

WASTE PREPARATION

Textile waste is collected, cleaned and shredded before processing. Apani's chemistry can process 100% cotton and cotton blended materials.

REGIN™ YARN EXTRUSION

The solution is then injected into a water-based bath where new cotton fibers are created. Apani's chemistry is recaptured and used over and over.

PROCESSING

Prepared material is added to Apani's chemistry where cotton is dissolved, leaving synthetic materials behind to be recycled elsewhere.

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