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Herein, a two-stage metal-free recycling process for wool\/polyamide 6 (PA6) carpet waste is developed, combining mild acid-assisted selective separation with monomer-level PA6 regeneration. Acetic acid pretreatment at 80 \u00b0C removes surface dyes, followed by formic acid treatment for selective PA6 dissolution. Both acids are efficiently recyclable via low-temperature rotary evaporation, with an average PA6 recovery yield over 75% across five consecutive cycles. Recovered wool preserves its original scale structure and tensile strength comparable to virgin fibers, and reclaimed PA6 maintains its macromolecular and crystalline structure, verifying the mildness of the separation protocol. The recovered PA6 is further depolymerized via a microwave-assisted acetic anhydride\/organobase system, where the phosphazene base tBuP4 achieves a maximum N-acetyl-\u03b5-caprolactam yield of 74.6%. 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