H&M tests out fabric recycling system
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 10:15:46
High street clothing chain, H&M, may soon be selling clothes that are manufactured using recycled textiles, according to Vogue.
This is thanks to a partnership it has formed with Kering and Worn Again, the latter being a company that has developed a revolutionary new way of turning old clothes into yarn that can be used again, by means of a chemical process.
H&M spokesperson, Anna Gedda, who is the head of sustainability at the company, said that she is hoping to create a circular approach to fashion, whereby clothing can be purchased, worn and then recycled, so that new clothes can be made.
Rather than people simply splashing out on garments, wearing them for a while and then either leaving them in a drawer or throwing them away, there will be a more eco-friendly alternative available. And this will help the world as a whole to meet the growing demand for textiles that it is facing at the moment.
Usually, creating the yarn used in clothing manufacture is an intensive process, since cotton and other materials must be grown, harvested, processed and turned into garments. But by recycling old material, many of these steps will be eliminated.
Recycling of this kind will make the fashion industry a more affordable and efficient place, which is why so much emphasis is being placed on the importance of this new scheme.
Worn Again is also endeavouring to reduce the world’s reliance on synthetic materials used in clothing, since many of these products rely on oil to be manufactured and so have their own environmental costs to bear.
The limited resources available to humankind have to be preserved and just as old mobile phones can be recycled, so too clothing will soon become a more sustainable product category.
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