Table 2.

Specifications of virgin cotton, and pre- and post-consumer recycled cotton.

Test Parameter	Virgin cotton	Pre-consumer recycled cotton (Spinning hard waste + woven cut clips + knit cut clips)	Post-consumer recycled cotton
Total Neps Count [Cnt/g]	217	463	523
Total Neps mean size [μm]	676	728	885
Upper Quartile length, UQL (w) [mm]	28.3	22.2	18.9
Short fiber content, SFC (w) % [<12.7 mm]	10	35	45
Fineness [mtex]	158	164	168