Magdalena Kohler

Technical University Chemnitz, Germany

Title: Problems And Solutions For Mechanical Recycling Of Mixed Fiber Waste From Knitted Used Textiles

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Biography

Magdalena Kohler is a senior guest lecturer with a background in fashion design at the University of The Arts in Berlin and PhD candidate focussing on sustainability, circularity, and recycling processes. 

She is currently pursuing a PhD at the Technical University Chemnitz, researching the wool fibre cycle for clothing textiles from a holistic view. In her work, she analyses the sorting, cutting, and tearing process of post-consumer waste, with the goal to improve recovery procedures for mixed fibre waste from knitted textiles. She collaborates with industry partners and research institutes along the textile supply chain. 

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