The WidePlus technical team said: “Although the proportion of ‘adhesive’ in textiles is low, this technology enables the goal of single-material (textile-to-textile) full recycling.”

WidePlus also works with PFC-free water repellent (WR). With these, the team said, “you need to consider the cost and alongside issues around chalk marks and seam slippage”, among other factors when nding a suitable PFC-FREE durable water repellents (DWRs) to suit a fabric.

“There is a balance point that needs to be considered to ensure suitability. The cost, the performance, the durability, and all the possible wide- ranging issues must be contemplated before a PFC-free WR is chosen for our collection,” the technical team added.

“This is not an easy job, but all we can do is keep trying and keep testing to see if there are any issues, which nobody has faced or met before. We must carefully test all our newly developed fabric.”