Japanese company launches empirical trial of using discarded PLA clothing as compost

On October 12, PIECLEX, a fiber manufacturer jointly established by Japan’s Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Teijin Frontier Corporation, announced that it will start recycling the company’s fiber clothing products for agricultural and forestry compost. Empirical test P-FACTS (PIECLEX FAbrics compost technology solutions). PIECLEX is a material made of plant-derived polylactic acid (PLA). It has…