Short course description
Short course description
Content of the short-term learning experience
Overview of EU strategies for sustainable and circular textiles. Presentation of the different types of textile materials and textile waste. Presentation of the Waste Management Directive and the waste management hierarchy. Technological possibilities of direct processing of textile waste, preparation of material for recycling, separation and characterisation, pre-treatment. Overview of current textile recycling technologies: mechanical recycling, thermomechanical recycling, thermochemical recycling, chemical recycling, enzymatic recycling. Advantages and disadvantages of the individual technologies. Quality and utilisation of the recyclates obtained. An overview of sustainable recycling technologies that can effectively recycle complex textile waste (such as cotton-polyester blends) and represent a transition to a circular economy.
Coordinator of the short-term learning experience
Coordinator of the short-term learning experience
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Julija Volmajer Valh
1. ERJAVEC, Alen, VOLMAJER VALH, Julija, HRIBERNIK, Silvo, KRAŠEVAC GLASER, Tjaša, FRAS ZEMLJIČ, Lidija, VUHERER, Tomaž, NERAL, Branko, BRUNČKO, Mihael. Advance analysis of the obtained recycled materials from used disposable surgical masks. Polymers. March 2024, vol. 16, iss. 7, [article no.] 935, 21 str., ilustr. ISSN 2073-4360. https://dk.um.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=88095, DOI: 10.3390/polym16070935. [COBISS.SI-ID 191884291], [Odprti dostop, JCR, SNIP]
2. PALOMAR-TORRES, Amalia, TORRES JIMÉNEZ, Eloisa, KEGL, Breda, BOMBEK, Gorazd, VOLMAJER VALH, Julija, LEŠNIK, Luka. Catalytic pyrolysis of plastic wastes for liquid oils’ production using ZAP USY zeolite as a catalyst. International journal of environmental science and technology. 2023, vol. 20, str. 17-30, ilustr. ISSN 1735-1472. DOI: 10.1007/s13762-022-04023-z. [COBISS.SI-ID 99435523], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 7. 4. 2024: št. citatov (TC): 9, čistih citatov (CI): 8, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 1.33, Scopus do 6. 4. 2024: št. citatov (TC): 6, čistih citatov (CI): 6, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 1.00]
3. LEŠNIK, Luka, PALOMAR-TORRES, Amalia, TORRES JIMÉNEZ, Eloisa, MATA, Carmen, VOLMAJER VALH, Julija, KEVORKIJAN, Luka, BILUŠ, Ignacijo. The effect of HDPE and LDPE pyrolytic oils on cavitation formation in a common-rail diesel injector. Fuel. [Print ed.]. 15 December 2022, vol. 330 (125581), 14 str. ISSN 0016-2361. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.125581. [COBISS.SI-ID 119212035], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 16. 11. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 1, čistih citatov (CI): 1, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 0.14, Scopus do 3. 12. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 1, čistih citatov (CI): 1, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 0.14]
4. VOLMAJER VALH, Julija, STOPAR, Dimitrije, SELAYA BERODIA, Ignacio, ERJAVEC, Alen, ŠAUPERL, Olivera, FRAS ZEMLJIČ, Lidija. Economical chemical recycling of complex PET waste in the form of active packaging material. Polymers. Aug. 2022, vol. 14, iss. 16 (3244), str. 1-15. ISSN 2073-4360. DOI: 10.3390/polym14163244. [COBISS.SI-ID 119122947], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 1. 7. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 3, čistih citatov (CI): 3, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 0.50, Scopus do 30. 6. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 4, čistih citatov (CI): 4, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 0.67]
5. VOLMAJER VALH, Julija, VONČINA, Bojana, LOBNIK, Aleksandra, FRAS ZEMLJIČ, Lidija, ŠKODIČ, Lidija, VAJNHANDL, Simona. Conversion of polyethylene terephthalate to high-quality terephthalic acid by hydrothermal hydrolysis: the study of process parameters. Textile research journal. 2020, vol. 90, iss. 13/14, str.1446-1461. ISSN 0040-5175. DOI: 10.1177/0040517519893714. [COBISS.SI-ID 22861846], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 6. 4. 2024: št. citatov (TC): 21, čistih citatov (CI): 20, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 3.33, Scopus do 21. 3. 2024: št. citatov (TC): 22, čistih citatov (CI): 21, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 3.50]
Other instructors
Other instructors
asist. ALEN ERJAVEC, mag. inž. tehn. varstva okolja
Objectives and competences
Objectives and competences
Insight into the various processes for recycling textile materials.
Developing the ability to select a suitable recycling process for the intended textile waste, presentation of the advantages and disadvantages of the individual recycling processes.
Prerequisites for enrolling
Prerequisites for enrolling
High school education
Preliminary agenda
Preliminary agenda
| Date | Time | Activity |
| 2 h | Legislation, strategies |
| 2 h | Types of textile waste, preparation for recycling |
| 2 h | Presentation of technologies (mechanical, thermomechanical, thermochemical) |
| 2 h | Presentation of technologies (chemical, enzymatic) | |
| 2 uri | Presentation of technologies (recycling of blends) |
Course date
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Certificate
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