Altınsu to Meet 40% of Energy Needs with WPP Investments
Altınsu Tekstil, which has been making regular investments in sustainability projects and borderline carbon practices for years, has started the transformation from textile to textile. Altınsu Tekstil General Manager Mustafa Altınsu said that they started the construction of the Wind Power Plant (WPP) investment while continuing their R&D studies for value-added production.
Speaking to Dünya newspaper, Mustafa Altınsu emphasized that they pay attention to environmentally friendly production by developing environmentally friendly alternatives for a sustainable world: “With our recent projects, we have increased our waste recycling from 70% to 100%. With our recycle production line, we recycle polyester textile waste in all forms, dyed and undyed. We continue our investments while carrying out zero waste projects with some global brands. Since we are a company with high consumption, we have also started the construction of 2 wind power plants to be located around Balıkesir. When completed, we will provide 40% of our energy from here.”
In 2023, when economic deterioration was experienced globally and costs increased, fiber recovery gained an important dimension in the textile industry due to some regulations that came into force in Europe. In this period, Altınsu Tekstil, which was established on a closed area of more than 50 thousand m2 in 2 different locations, started to reap the fruits of its investments focused on sustainability and transformation in textile with its employment of 650 people.
“We are able to Recycle not Only From PET But Also From Textile to Textile”
Mustafa Altınsu stated that they are focusing on sustainability and zero waste in 2023: “After the pandemic period, we made significant investments in this area. Sustainability studies and borderline carbon practices involve a process. We have prepared for these processes in a planned manner from the beginning. Today, we have become capable of recycling not only from PET but also from textile to textile. In addition to our own textile waste, we collect recyclable textile waste such as pastal waste from our suppliers and put it back into production. We even recycle and reuse plastic yarn bobbins. We have become a company that promises “zero waste” to our customers by bringing every material that we can include in the process back into the economy. One of the biggest contributions of our efforts in this direction is that it has reduced our dependence on imports in raw materials to almost nothing. Except for some chemicals such as paint, we do not use imported raw materials and produce our own raw materials from our own wastes.
Altınsu emphasized that pet recycling is widespread in textiles, but in this regard, the purpose of the work is actually deviated from the purpose of the work worldwide by recycling the original unused pet: “When you look at it, it may seem like we can only produce polyester raw materials from plastic bottles, but a significant amount of textile waste is generated in the sector. Under normal conditions, a significant portion of this waste goes to waste. It was important for us to regain this wasted economic value. The transformation we achieved from textile to textile has significantly differentiated us from our competitors and we continue our exports despite the recession in the market. While we continue our foreign currency-based growth on a company basis this year as we did last year, we also carry out R&D activities on technical textile products with high added value while we care about such future-oriented investments.”
