RGE-NTU Sustainable Textile (SusTex) Research Centre

Today, about 90 million tonnes of textile waste are being generated and disposed of annually, but only less than 1% of it is being upcycled. With the growing global fashion industry, which is known to be the second most polluting industry in the world, the amount of textile waste is expected to grow to over 134 million tonnes by 2030. Royal Golden Eagle, the world’s largest viscose producer, and NTU Singapore, are partnering on innovation in textile recycling technology to address this global problem. Aligned with the Singapore Green Plan 2030 and Zero-Waste Vision, RGE-NTU SusTex is determined to relook at the chemistry of often complex textile materials and to engineer better sustainability and circularity into the textile value chain.