Reuse of textile waste

A method of manufacturing a product from textile waste comprising at least 70% of vegetable or animal fibres, in particular cotton or wool, the method comprising the steps of:

• collecting said textile waste,
• granulating said textile waste into fibers having an average fiber length of between 0.5 mm and 4 mm,
• mixing said granulated textile waste with a thermoplastic binder, and
• forming a nonwoven mat from the mixture of said granulated textile waste and binder,
• wherein said collected textile waste comprises woven or knitted textile waste selected from the group consisting of:
• trimmings, end pieces, faulty sections, experimental pieces and rejected pieces from the textile industry, used textiles, used clothes, used bed linens, or used curtains, and wherein the step of granulating the textile waste comprises the substep of processing said textile waste using a fine granulator.