<p>This article improves the technology for producing wadding from cocoons unsuitable for reeling and provides recommendations for the use of the resulting product in medical applications. The study developed the theoretical foundations of the technology for producing wadding from silk-iber waste and examined the development of technological regimes for manufacturing high-quality nonwoven material. The aim of the research is to produce a medical nonwoven material from defective, non-standard, i.e., non-reelable cocoons. During the sorting of defective cocoons, the majority consisted of satin, furrowed, spotted, deaf, pointed, double, and deformed cocoons. The technological sequence of obtaining nonwoven material is presented in the diagram, and the new technology made it possible to process defective cocoons into a uniform thin layer of silk ibers. The article describes the technological parameters for obtaining thin-layer silk wadding; the composition, temperature, duration, and pH of the recommended cooking solution for defective<br /> cocoons; as well as the chemical reagents and cooking modes used for degumming and degreasing the wadding in the PAOSH-2 apparatus.</p>