Reuse of used woven or knitted textile

A method of manufacturing a product from used woven or knitted textile comprising vegetable or animal fibers, the method comprising the steps of:

• collecting different types of used woven or knitted textiles into a least first and second textile collections, said first and second textile collections being different from each other by having different types of used woven or knitted textile,
• granulating said first and second textile collections into fibers having an average fiber length of between 3.5 mm and 5.5 mm,
• separately mixing each of said granulated first and second textile collections said with a thermoplastic fiber based binder and a coupling agent to form first and second mixtures, respectively, and
• forming a nonwoven mat from the first and second mixtures,
• wherein said nonwoven mat comprises 59% to 67% by weight of vegetable fiber, or alternatively said nonwoven mat comprises at least 80% by weight animal fibers,
• wherein the step of forming said nonwoven mat comprises substeps of:
• forming at least one first precursor nonwoven mat from said first mixture and at least one second precursor nonwoven mat from said second mixture, and
• arranging said at least one first precursor nonwoven mat and said at least one second precursor nonwoven mat on top of each other to form said nonwoven mat, and
• wherein said method further comprises the step of:
• heating said nonwoven mat to at least 140° C., and
• wherein said nonwoven mat comprises about 3% by weight of the coupling agent.