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Less textile waste? YES, please. We're not perfect but we're trying to change things for the better 💚 ♻️ 🌍 🌱 starting with our recycling value chain, hoping to significantly reduce our contribution to textile waste; focusing on #reusing and #recycling existing products, with a new partner Recyc'Elit🌍 doing really pioneering stuff in this space. #partnership #circulareconomy #waste #fashion #innovation #sustainability

As someone who has spent over five years in the apparel industry across number of divisions, it blew my mind to see Decathlon's innovative approach to addressing textile waste. It's no secret that our industry generates a staggering amount of apparel waste to landfills every year. ⛰ Decathlon's revolutionary process breaks down old materials, enabling them to be reused repeatedly, creating a circular product lifecycle for textile products and drastically reducing waste. 🌏 This initiative apparently has the potential to transform the way we approach sustainability in the apparel industry. By establishing a dedicated textile recycling value chain they are taking a proactive approach to minimize its carbon footprint. 🌿 As a person who has witnessed the challenges of waste management in the industry firsthand, I'm eager to see the positive impact of this partnership and how it will contribute to a more sustainable future for apparel manufacturing. 🔰 Let's continue to support initiatives like these that drive positive change in our industry. #GBC #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #TextileRecycling #Decathlon #RecycElit #PLM

Harniss spinning tops! Acknowledging the importance of the #circulareconomy, all our work polo shirts with the new company branding provided by Champion Workwear have been made with recycled fibres – containing 65% recycled polyester in-line with the Global Recycled Standard. This further supports our continued Sustainability and Environmental policy, and our core #ESG sustainability commitments under procurement. Why use textile recycling? Firstly, this helps reduce landfill waste, which is one of the biggest issues against #climatechange. This reduces greenhouse gases and also plays a part in reducing landfill costs for cities and creating space for housing, new developments or even a park. The production of clothing uses a huge amount of water and energy across many industries. These processes are hugely damaging to our environment. Using recycled textiles eliminates the need to make materials from scratch. It takes 1,900 gallons of water to make one pair of jeans! 95% of clothing can be recycled. Currently the rate of recycling for all textiles is at around 16%, and this is a dramatic increase from 2018! Within the UK there are approximately 3,950 high street stores that specialise in selling second hand goods. #recycling #wastereduction #circulareconomy #esg #wastemanagement #harnissexcellence #sustainability

We are joining forces with Recyc'Elit🌍 to reshape textile recycling! At Decathlon , sustainability isn't just a goal; it's our guiding star. That's why we're thrilled to announce our partnership with Recyc'Elit, a pioneering force in textile recycling. By investing in Recyc'Elit, we're investing in the future of our planet. Together, we're reshaping the textile industry towards a circular economy, one innovative solution at a time. Founded by visionary brothers Karim Medimagh and Raouf Medimagh (PhD. Eng.), Recyc'Elit is leading the charge in transforming textile waste into valuable resources. Their groundbreaking technology promises to revolutionize how we approach recycling, with applications spanning multiple industries. Together, with Recyc'Elit, we're not just finding solutions; we're creating them, refining them, and scaling them for impact. From capsule collections to building the recycling value chain, we're excited to embark on this journey towards a more sustainable future ♻️🌍 #CircularEconomy #Decathlon #Innovation

This is an exciting one! Even as fossil fuel use is peaking in many advanced economies, plastic consumption just keeps on rising. By some estimations, global emissions from plastic production could triple by 2050 to account for one-fifth of the Earth’s remaining carbon budget. So better solutions for plastic recycling really matter. And what's really exciting about Samsara's tech is that it enables true recycling and circularity, not downcycling.

🌍 This World Environment Day, we're thrilled to share our exciting partnership with UPPAREL, Australia's top textile recovery and recycling company. 🔄 After acquiring Naval Ship Management (NSM), we teamed up with UPPAREL to recycle old uniforms and branded clothing. The results were nothing short of amazing: we saved 613kg of textiles from landfill and stopped 2,146kg of greenhouse gases from polluting our planet. 👚 Shocked by the daily avalanche of textile waste, UPPAREL is on a mission to transform the fashion industry's linear model into a sustainable, circular economy. At Babcock, we share UPPAREL's passion for creating a greener future. 📊 Did you know the average Australian buys 27kg of textiles annually and throws out 23kg? Next time you're about to toss clothing, think about its destination. Learn more about UPPAREL at https://upparel.com.au/ #WorldEnvironmentDay #Sustainable

We’re thrilled to announce our participation in the Series A+ funding round of infinite plastic recycling pioneer Samsara Eco.   Plastics are an environmental disaster of global proportions. ~400 million tonnes (and growing) of plastics are produced each year, mostly from petroleum. Less than 10% are recycled.   Samsara Eco’s groundbreaking EosEco™ technology develops proprietary enzymes that quickly break down plastics, bringing hard-to-recycle and degraded plastics back to virgin-like quality. This enables infinite recycling and the development of truly #circular business models.   Since launching in 2020, Samsara Eco has led world-first innovations in #infiniterecycling, pioneering the ability to recycle plastics including nylon 6,6 and polyester. Earlier this year, in partnership with its first textile partner, Samsara Eco unveiled the world’s first enzymatically recycled nylon 6,6 product and also helped to introduce lululemon's first product made from enzymatically recycled polyester.   The potential climate and environmental impacts of Samsara’s unique solutions include a reduced need for production of virgin (petroleum-based) plastics and reduced landfill and incineration of plastic waste, along with co-benefits such as the reduction of plastic pollution seeping into the environment and oceans. And Samsara Eco's process has been engineered to require lower temperatures, resulting in a lower carbon footprint than other comparable forms of #recycling.   We’re delighted to invest alongside Temasek, Main Sequence, lululemon, Hitachi Ventures, Titanium Ventures and DCVC as part of Samsara Eco’s A$100m growth and scaleup funding round, and to bring expertise in project development and funding first of a kind commercial scale production facilities and plants. #circularity #enzymes #enzymaticrecycling

Textile waste is one of the UK's fastest growing waste streams, with the Institute of Positive Fashion estimating that consumption of new clothes in the UK is higher than in any other European country. Our partnership with McArthurGlen Group is helping to create a circular economy for textiles, by providing a clothing and textile bank at each of the Group's seven UK sites. The clothing and textiles collected will be graded into reusable and non-reusable, with materials suitable for reuse being sent on as second hand textiles. The materials not suitable for reuse will be recycled into new products, such as industrial wipes or material for insulation. As well as diverting approximately 10-12 tonnes of material from general waste and increasing recycling rates, the project will support McArthurGlen's Evolve sustainability programme, helping shoppers to recycle their fashion and promoting conscious consumption. By working with McArthurGlen to close the loop in this way, we are also able to optimise resources in line with our own ecological transformation purpose 🌍 #TextileRecycling #CircularEconomy #EcologicalTransformation

Talking about the Sustainability and circular fashion economy here's an exciting news from Puma with the launch of Re-Fibre !! Being a fashion student I must say it's really a great step towards circularity of fashion economy principles by upcycling materials and reducing the linear model of "make, use, dispose" and enabling individuals to make more sustainable choices by reducing their contribution to the fashion industry's negative environmental and social impacts ! Puma's Re-Fibre isn't just a step forward- it's a leap towards a greener future . The 10for25 initiative going strong 💯🙌 What's your thoughts on this ?? Let's discuss in comment section !! PUMA Group #sustainability #puma #10for25 #circularfashion #ForeverBetter

#Monday_Recycling Textile Recyclers and Charities need to collaborate: An intersecting article by Materials Recycling World 🧵 To clarify the importance of collaboration between textile recyclers and charities as highlighted in MRW's recent article. - The call for collaboration between textile recyclers and charities underscores the potential for synergistic partnerships to enhance textile waste management and promote circularity. - Advanced sorting technologies, including AI solutions, offer efficiencies in sorting and processing textiles, facilitating the transition towards more sustainable recycling practices. For example: The ECOSORT and ECOCLIP systems by PICVISA offer advanced textile sorting solutions that enhance recycling efficiency and precision. ECOSORT uses NIR and RGB camera technologies, paired with AI, to automatically sort textiles by fiber composition, color, and shape, making it ideal for large-scale textile recycling operations. ECOCLIP specializes in sorting smaller textile pieces, like clippings, based on fiber blends, colors, and the presence of hard points such as zippers and buttons. Together, these systems provide comprehensive, high-precision sorting capabilities, driving sustainability and circularity in textile recycling. - Collaboration between recyclers and charities can lead to increased textile reuse, reduced waste generation, and greater social and environmental impact in the community. - Sustainable practices in recycling and sorting serve as catalysts for driving positive change and shaping a more sustainable future for the textile industry and beyond. Let's move towards collaboration, innovation, and shared responsibility in textile recycling and waste management. Together, we can create a more sustainable and impactful system for a brighter tomorrow. 🌿💡 #TextileRecycling #CollaborativeSustainability Link of the source: https://lnkd.in/dKtwab4h