Process and plant for recycling fabrics

A process for recycling waste textile (2) containing elastomeric material, preferably elastomeric fibers, (1), comprising the step of extracting said elastomeric material from said waste textile (2), characterized in comprising the following steps:

• a) providing an amount of said waste textile in an extraction chamber (4),
• b) circulating a solvent (3) through said extraction chamber (4) and said waste textile (2) to dissolve and remove the elastomeric material from the waste textile;
• c) feeding the solvent exiting said extraction chamber (4) back to the extraction chamber to increase the content of elastomeric material (1) dissolved in the solvent;
• d) evaporating at least part of the solvent obtained in step c) in an evaporation chamber (6) to increase the amount of elastomeric material in the solvent;
• e) condensing the evaporated solvent (3) in at least one condensation chamber (7);
• f) feeding at least part of the condensed solvent (3) directly or indirectly to said extraction chamber (4);
• g) repeating steps b)-f);
• h) removing said concentrated solution (3′) from said evaporation chamber (6) to recover the elastomeric material (1).