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Recycled Fibres Market: How the delayed Olympic Games has disrupted Japan's recycled fibre sector
Report summary
Japan announced the decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games until July 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The news was unsurprising and indeed understandable, but nonetheless disappointing for many. The textile industry had been poised for a boom in sporting apparel sales as Olympics enthusiasm swept the world and a surge of interest in recycled products. So how disruptive is the delay? Japan is determined to deliver a sustainable Olympic Games and planned to promote the concept of “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” across the event. The podiums for the medal award ceremonies will be made from plastic waste, for example, while the medals will be made from recycled electronic waste.
Table of contents
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The Tokyo Olympics could be a game-changer for sustainable textiles – but some momentum has been lost
- Sustainability at the forefront of the Tokyo Olympic Games, recycled textile material draws attention
- Although the Olympic Games postponed, these initiatives still raised environmental awareness among consumers and the textile industry
- The sustainability message hasn’t been lost
- PET flake demand falls this year under the impact of coronavirus
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This report includes 3 images and tables including:
- The high quality of Japanese bottles makes them easy to process and popular with recyclers
- Component ratio of recycled products from PET flakes in Japan
- Japan’s PET bottle recycling
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