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In a world where the vast majority of clothes end up in landfills, and with a fashion industry that is plagued by greenwashing accusations and environmental scandals, we are a business that is providing the means needed to make fashion truly circular. In our dedicated Changemakers video, we showcase how we’re disrupting the traditional fashion supply chain by giving clothing brands the means to incorporate recycled textiles back into their products to help them cut emissions, reduce waste, and curb clothing’s impact on the environment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LojK1Fcc6gs Transforming from a linear to a circular production line With an estimated 100 billion new items of clothes created each year, leading to mountainous amounts of waste that are visible from space and severe environmental costs. Even though brands may design their clothing using organic textiles and more sustainable fabrics, the end of the supply chain often ends in landfills. This means more waste at the end of the clothings’ life cycle and more emissions in production. However, we are offering an alternative. “Apart from reusing the textiles already produced, turning used textiles into new fibers is a scalable solution with the additional benefit of replacing new production of cotton, as we have impacts around use of water, chemicals, and energy.” Our signature product, CIRCULOSE®, is a dissolving pulp made from 100% recycled cotton-rich textiles that are reclaimed and then, as Chief Commercial Officer, Tricia Carey explains, “[shredded] into smaller pieces to actually make them into a pulp - and this is what we sell!” CIRCULOSE® pulp is sold to man-made cellulosic fiber producers to create fibers like viscose, then those fibers are spun into yarns, and woven or knit into fabrics, that eventually become clothing. With a customer base that already boasts big names such as Levis, H&M, PVH, and Bestseller (just to name a few), we are working to be the provider for businesses so that they can easily access circular textiles for their production line. Scaling up to service more businesses The “Renewcell 1” factory, located in Sundsvall, Sweden, currently is able to produce 60,000 tons worth of pulp (the raw material that is then turned into clothes) and has plans to double this output in the coming years. And given that most clothing lines are now looking into sustainable solutions, Renewcell is a welcome partner who can easily facilitate the demand so that brands can produce sustainable clothing. Tricia Carey added that: “We also see that policy changes are coming into effect, and those policies also include regulation around circularity and an extended producer responsibility.” In line with this, Renewcell is not just scaling up production, we've also formed the CIRCULOSE® Supplier Network (CSN), a network of clothing manufacturers across the globe who are committed to sourcing their textiles from circular sources, and meeting the mandates of both policy and their own targets in sustainability. “For me personally, I realize how important it is that we have a healthy planet for future generations. In short, to close the loops, we need to produce and consume less clothes by making them last longer, use them longer, and expand second hand options before recycling them into new fibers.” - Tricia Carey, Chief Commercial Officer at Renewcell. Make sure to check us out on the We Don’t Have Time Changemakers panel at COP28 - register below! https://www.wedonthavetime.org/events/meetthechangemakers
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Disposal of textile waste is a problem for municipalities. Every year huge amount of wasted textiles are sent to the dumping grounds. Extraction of Circulose and production of new linen - as shown in this venture shall turn waste garments into raw materials for linen productions. If the textile industries adapt this process and take back waste garments for new production then amount of waste textiles, which were going to the disposal site shall be reduced drastically. Reducing the land area requirement for garbage dumping is a need for municipalities across the world. This process can show way forward for generation of reduced municipal solid waste, where discarded textile is a major share. Similar processing is already happening in waste paper based paper mills and the similarities between two cases kindle hope. However, it is to be kept in mind that at present this process is limited for Jeans and are being used for linen production i.e. not all garments can be recycled through this process. The second challenge is to address the ripple effects in cotton-based agriculture and supply chain. A report by FAO ( https://www.fao.org/3/cb4589en/cb4589en.pdf )suggests that in 2018, 110 million tonnes of fibres were produced. Out of 110 million tonnes of fibre 32 million tonnes were natural fibre. Since 1950, the land area requirement fluctuated between 28 million ha to 38 million ha, with an average of 33 million ha. In 2019 world market for yarn and fabric is estimated to be 850 billion USD and world production of cotton is valued at USD 46 billion. Need for policies for smooth transition of natural cotton to alternate crops production shall be imminent at government level, if this venture is scaled up correctly. However, this attempt to reduce global municipal solid waste generation, (which is already annually 2.01 tonne annually in 2023 and which is projected to increase with population count reaching from 7 billion to 9 billion 2050), is not to be deterred for impending challenges. Efficient use of natural resources and yield shall help all in the long run. Innovative attempt to improve land use effciency is to be greeted with climate love.
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Impressive initiative by Renewcell!
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If the right measures are put in place to take care of textile waste and it's disposal it'll really impact positively on climate change
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Renewcell's efforts are a positive step forward in the fight against textile waste.
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2023 has come with a host of challenges and opportunities to fashion, from material shortages to new innovations in production. One preceding theme, however, has been the continued importance of sustainability in mainstream fashion. Over the past year, Renewcell has experienced significant growth and achieved several milestones, positioning ourselves as a key contributor to the circular fashion movement. Let's take a closer look at our journey and our vision for the future of circular fashion. Highlights from the First Half of 2023 During the first half of 2023, Renewcell continued our efforts to ramp up production capacity, aiming to reach 60,000 tonnes per year, equivalent to around 5,000 tonnes per month of our signature Circulose raw textiles. Notably, production of prime quality dissolving pulp saw a steady increase from 1,600 tonnes in April to 2,200 tonnes in June, which squares up to our predictions made at Stockholm Climate Week earlier in the year. We’re looking forward to continuing expanding our operational efficiency and capabilities in the coming months, and expanding our reach as we continue to work with a larger circle of stakeholders and partners - due in no small part to the start of the CIRCULOSE® Supplier Network, launched last month. Renewcell's commitment to sustainability and innovation was recognized through the Fast Company 2023 World Changing Ideas Award in the Sustainability/Energy category and the Drapers Sustainable Fashion Award in the Sustainable Textile Innovation category. The importance of these events has become more apparent in recent months, as businesses start to realize that sustainability and fashion are inextricably linked, and we need better incentivization measures in place to both motivate the industry towards better practices and to normalize sustainability in mainstream fashion. In June, Renewcell achieved the Recycled Claim Standard certification for the Renewcell 1 factory, a milestone and stamp of approval that underlines our commitment not just to providing recycled materials to our customers but doing so in a way that is emission-efficient. Looking Ahead to the Future Our CEO, Patrik Lundström, expressed optimism about the future of sustainable fashion, despite global economic challenges, including the ongoing war in Ukraine affecting supply chains and material costs. However, these events have helped expedite the transition for many businesses towards bottom-up sustainability practices. “There is no doubt that the world is transitioning towards green and circular product flows. More and more entrepreneurs, companies and investors see how the transition creates some fantastic business opportunities.” Renewcell's remarkable improvement in production processes, with capacity utilization surpassing 60% in July, indicates their ability to deliver prime-quality materials consistently. Their strategic efforts to reduce dust in the production process have already yielded positive results. One of the key challenges Renewcell faces moving forward is ensuring an adequate supply of CIRCULOSE® materials throughout the value chain to meet increasing demand from fashion brands committed to sustainability. Our commitment to traceability is evident through our certification by TextileGenesis™, with plans to incorporate physical traceability in the near future. The launch of the CIRCULOSE® Supplier Network and collaborations with prominent fashion brands demonstrate their dedication to building a circular fashion ecosystem. And to date, we’ve recruited partners into our Network across Europe, North America, East Asia, and India, including big brands such as - all of whom are “helping to drive the circular economy forward by enabling a steady supply of CIRCULOSE® to the market”. As the world shifts toward greener and more circular practices, Renewcell stands at the forefront, poised to make a lasting impact on the fashion industry. With our continued innovation, strategic partnerships, and dedication to traceability, Renewcell is well-positioned to shape the future of circular fashion in the years to come. To learn more about our growing Supplier Network, or to become a member, read more below! https://circulo.se/en/circulose-supplier-network/
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Great job!!
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I love this solution. Great work, @Renewcell!
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Renewcell, a pioneering leader in textile recycling innovation, has launched the CIRCULOSE® Supplier Network (CSN) to drive the circular economy and provide a reliable supply of CIRCULOSE® to the market. Comprising forty-seven yarn and textile producers, this network marks a significant milestone in sustainable fashion. The History of Renewcell 1: Revolutionizing Textile Recycling Renewcell made history with the opening of Renewcell 1, the world's first industrial-scale chemical textile-to-textile recycling facility in Sundsvall, Sweden. Since its inauguration in November 2022, Renewcell 1 has been producing CIRCULOSE® dissolving pulp from recycled textiles. With the recent RCS certification, Renewcell 1 is now able to produce CIRCULOSE® on a larger scale, initially reaching an annual capacity of 60,000 metric tons and soon expanding to 120,000 metric tons. Why a CIRCULOSE® Supplier Network? CIRCULOSE® is a groundbreaking raw material derived from the recovery of cellulose found in worn-out clothing. Through an innovative process, Renewcell transforms this cellulose into dissolving pulp made from 100% recycled textiles. The resulting pulp serves as the foundation for various regenerated fibers, including viscose, lyocell, modal, and acetate, offering sustainable alternatives for the fashion industry. The CIRCULOSE® Supplier Network consists of yarn and textile producers committed to streamlining CIRCULOSE® production across the supply chain. These early adopters are revolutionizing the marketplace by gaining access to substantial volumes of CIRCULOSE®. By joining the network, members play a vital role in advancing sustainable textiles and end-products under the CIRCULOSE® brand. Patrik Lundström, CEO of Renewcell, emphasizes the significance of the CIRCULOSE® Supplier Network in scaling up CIRCULOSE® production: "With availability across the textile supply chain, fashion brands now have numerous circular options to design and create clothing with CIRCULOSE®." Industry Partnerships for a Circular Industry Standard Renewcell's strategic partnerships with industry leaders highlight the importance of collaboration in achieving sustainability goals and how vital it is to have a ground-up approach to a circular fashion economy. Jennifer Thompson, CEO of COLOURizd, expresses excitement about their partnership with Renewcell, stating, "At COLOURizd, we believe that 1+1 equals sustainable. That's why we are thrilled to announce our partnership with Renewcell." By combining COLOURizd's planet-positive coloration and finishing solutions with Renewcell's innovative CIRCULOSE® fiber, the partnership aims to create stylish and eco-friendly apparel, reducing the fashion industry's carbon footprint. COLOURizd isn’t the only industry leader taking note, either. Prosperity Textile, dedicated to a more circular fashion industry, has chosen to collaborate with Renewcell as well. Bart Van De Woestyne, Creative Director of Prosperity Textile, explains their vision: "This regenerated fiber made from 100% textile waste fits in with Prosperity's vision for a more resilient future - without compromising on quality and design." The collaboration aims to develop a denim capsule collection, showcasing the potential of CIRCULOSE® in creating high-quality, sustainable garments and it has no borders. The CIRCULOSE® Supplier Network spans twelve countries, including Austria, Bangladesh, China, India, Italy, Mexico, Pakistan, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka, and Turkey. It is also already composed of 47 companies, including industry leaders like Linz Textiles, Beximco Textiles, Suzhou Shiyuan Textile Co., Ltd., and Sapphire Textile Mills Ltd. are among the network's esteemed members. A Network Built to Circularize Fashion Renewcell's launch of the CIRCULOSE® Supplier Network marks a significant step forward in the circular economy within the fashion industry. By collaborating with yarn and textile producers worldwide, Renewcell aims to revolutionize fashion's approach, fostering a circular future. Through their sustainable practices and innovative solutions, Renewcell and its partners are reshaping the global textile industry for the better. To learn more about the CIRCULOSE® Supplier Network and its commitment to circular solutions, click below! https://circulo.se Join the movement towards sustainable fashion and be part of the circular revolution!
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Collaboration does wonders. Always
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This is the type of collaboration that can really see sustainable solutions be scaled up substantially. Very exciting to hear!
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Good idea. Recycling is the best option to reduce pollution to soil or water bodies
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We’re thrilled to announce that RenewCell has recently won the prestigious Drapers Sustainable Fashion Awards which were hosted on May 26. Amongst other big sustainable fashion icons such as Reformation, Timberlands, and eBay, our team received the Sustainable Textile Innovation accolade during the grand ceremony held at The Brewery in London. The Drapers Sustainable Fashion Awards have become a beacon of excellence in the fashion industry, celebrating the remarkable progress made towards reducing environmental impact and promoting fair working conditions across the supply chain. With an independent panel of experts evaluating the nominees, these market-leading awards shed light on best practices, inspiring others to strive for positive change. Guided by the UN-backed Sustainable Development Goals, which address global challenges like poverty, inequality, climate change, and environmental degradation, the Drapers Sustainability Awards have proven to be a fantastic opportunity to showcase that it’s not just good to be sustainable, it’s fashionable. Our CIRCULOSE®, played a pivotal role in securing the Sustainable Textile Innovation award, with Drapers emphasizing the widespread adoption of CIRCULOSE® by global fashion brands, calling it the key to achieving textile-to-textile recycling within the fashion industry. This comes after our attendance at We Don’t Have Time’s Stockholm Climate Week, where we shared how our circular fashion solution is not only being scaled up, but being leveraged by our peers in industry to make their practices greener. Partnering with global fashion brands like H&M, Inditex, PVH, Levi's, and others, we’re aiming to expand our production capacity to an impressive “360,000 metric tonnes” annually by 2030, having already delivered about “1,500 metric tonnes of materials, or 3 million pairs of jeans worth of recycled materials.” Our CEO, Patrik Lundström stated that "Drapers clearly supports the development of solutions the fashion industry so desperately needs.” Events like these help spread our collaborative capabilities further. They elevate circular fashion from being perceived as a passing trend or a "nice to have" initiative to becoming the new norm. It gives us a platform to raise visibility and awareness, inspiring the entire industry to prioritize sustainability and adopt innovative solutions that benefit both the planet and its people. As we continue their mission to transform the fashion landscape, RenewCell remains committed to driving the circular fashion economy forward, where waste is minimized, resources are maximized, and the beauty of fashion is harmonized with environmental responsibility. We’re looking forward to attending more of these events in the future, as well so we can continue to spread awareness on sustainable fashion solutions. Just this year, we’ll be attending the ITMA 2023 Trade show in Milan, Italy, which focuses on textile producers and following along from that we’ll be attending The Sustainable Angle’s Future Fabric Expo in June which is “the largest dedicated showcase for sourcing certified, sustainably and responsibly-produced materials for fashion returns to Magazine London”.
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That is Super great and hopefully they will start to produce more re-cycled 501 together with Levis 😊
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Congratulations
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wow, impressive! Congrats!
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Taking to the stage on Earth Day, day 4 of Stockholm Climate Week, Renewcell hosted one of the sessions highlighting climate solutions and action. We announced the finalized construction of our new textile-to-textile recycling factory in Sundsvall, which will be used to transform old clothes into recycled materials for new ones. Renewcell’s mission since its inception has been to provide a means for the fashion industry to become truly circular. Unsatisfied with the climate-harming status quo of sourcing new materials for clothes and other textiles, Renewcell has endeavored to be the link in the supply chain that improves the circularity of the fashion & clothing industry. On April 22nd, Renewcell CEO, Patrik Lundström joined the live broadcast from Space Arena, Stockholm to share their insights on the next steps towards this goal. Alongside recycling a paper mill to build our own factory in Sundsvall, and relying solely on renewable energy to power the plant, Patrik shared that in the month prior to Climate Week, Renewcell has “delivered about 1,500 metric tonnes of materials, or 3 million pairs of jeans worth of recycled materials.” But Renewcell isn’t stopping there, as we’re ramping up operations to “60,000 metric tonnes in 2023”, with a long-term goal for “360,000 metric tonnes by 2025/26”. This came with a somber note though, as this would only represent roughly 0.2-0.3% of the overall global textile production. In other words, circular production needs to be scaled and we are already working with large clothing brands to make this happen. We’re also looking to build plants closer to our stakeholders across the world; in North America, Europe, and Asia; in an effort to reduce the transportation emissions required to deliver materials globally. “I always talk about the opportunities of sustainability and circularity… It’s a fantastic business opportunity and I want to help and energize others to do more towards circularity because that’s how we’re going to save the planet in the end.” Patrik shared the stage with Felicia Reuterswärd, Impact Lead Resource Use & Circular Impact at H&M, and she resonated with Patrik’s sentiment, stating that “collaboration is key” and that “recyclers, manufacturers, brands, and governments” have a role to play in reducing the significant climate impact of the fashion industry. Patrik was keen to iterate how recycled materials need to be normalized for the everyday consumer “without greenwashing”, effectively creating a status quo for recycled materials rather than new ones. Ending on an uplifting and motivational note, our CEO stated that things are moving in the right direction, and with the proper “snowball effects” across industries and with stakeholders, circular fashion can become an integral part of the green economy. https://youtu.be/CpRtb1Lz3oU?t=9493 Rewatch Stockholm Climate Week anytime on We Don’t Have Time Play.
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Such an interesting discussion from Stockholm Climate Week! The future of fashion is circular 🍃
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"Circular cellulose" - Cellulose is the most abundant organic polymer in the world. It is what makes up the cell walls of most plants and trees. The purest cellulose found in nature is cotton. Circulose is a branded dissolving pulp that Renewcell makes from 100% textile waste with high cellulose content, such as worn-out cotton jeans and cotton production scraps. Dissolving pulp cellulose is used to make viscose, lyocell, modal, acetate other types of regenerated fibers (also called man-made cellulosic fibers). These fibers are then spun into yarns, woven or knitted into fabrics and finally cut and sewn into new high-quality textile products. The only difference with Circulose is that they are made from textile waste instead of new cotton, oil or wood. A circular ingredient brand The Circulose® brand is a registered trademark owned by Renewcell. It functions as an ‘ingredient brand’ that helps people find virgin-quality textile products made from recycled textiles. Using the Circulose® trademark is an effective way of sharing the circular story behind clothes that you could never tell are recycled. We offer brands and partners the use of the Circulose trademark and branded visual assets on products made with the material under a conditional royalty-free license. https://www.renewcell.com/en/circulose/
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Introducing circularity in textile sector is a great idea. The photos above are very impressive. I would like to know: 1.what is recirculation ratio? 2. how many times 'circulose' can be recycled without compromising the product quality?
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This is a great way to reduce wastage.
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Recycling is the way to go
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The team at Renewcell, one of Sweden’s leading textile recycling innovators, is proud to announce that our revolutionary textile material, Circulose®, is going to be featured in the Tommy Hilfiger Spring 2023 collection - in collaboration with none other than Shawn Mendes. Our Circulose® material is made entirely from recycled textile waste, providing a sustainable alternative to high-impact virgin fibers like cotton and now it’s hitting the mainstream while being worn by one of the world’s biggest pop stars! The foundation of this collaboration with PVH Corp (parent company of Tommy Hilfiger), started in 2020, with the aim of creating a more sustainable textile material. Circulose® was born and has since become an essential element of the Tommy X Shawn Classics Reborn collection. The collection consists of key pieces made from Circulose®, including the logo hoodie, graphic cropped hoodie, logo appliqué sweatshirt, and archive fit t-shirt. Our textile-to-textile recycling solution aims to make fashion truly circular and what this partnership demonstrates is that it is possible to make high-quality fashion more sustainable by incorporating innovative materials like ours. A fully-circular fashion economy isn’t just our vision, though, as brands and producers everywhere are aligning behind this climate-vital task. Having these partnerships with heavy hitters like Tommy Hilfiger gives us the power to scale up our solutions and normalize them in the mainstream. Tommy Hilfiger is on its own mission to create fashion that "Wastes Nothing and Welcomes All," reducing its dependency on virgin or newly made resources, which produce far more carbon emissions than recycled materials. Our Circulose material is going to be a core part of that. Renewcell is proud to be part of the fashion industry's move towards sustainability. With more leading global brands committing to circularity and innovative textile solutions, the industry is moving closer to making fashion truly circular. Read more about this partnership on our website: https://circulo.se/en/project/tommy-shawn-mendes-classic-reborn-made-with-circulose/
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An impactful collaboration for sure!
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When we come together great things happen
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Wonderful @Renewcell.
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After 10 years of effort in developing the technology, the Swedish pulp producer Renewcell has finally introduced the world's first commercial-scale chemical recycling mill. ♻ There are recycling methods which involve manual shredding of textile and conversion into fibers. Such methods have existed for centuries but the problem is that they take a lot of manual effort and time. Renewcell is the first commercial mill to introduce chemical recycling, which can help scale production and improve efficiency. With an ambition to recycle the equivalent of 1.4 billion T-shirts every year by 2030, the new plant seems to be the beginning of an eco-friendly shift in fashion industry. Limiting waste from the clothing industry is crucial for the planet's future. We cannot have more poorly produced clothes ending up in the already choked landfills! And as Renewcell would say #SolutionsAreSexy! LOUDER! #SOLUTIONSARESEXXXXXY!!!!! 🌸 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230227-how-to-recycle-your-clothes
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That's amazing! Chemical recycling is a fantastic way to make our planet a little greener and it's great to see that Renewcell is leading the way.
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it sure is!
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Goes a long way in reducing clothes being wasted and promoting recycling
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Copenhagen Fashion Week of the Autumn/Winter 2023 season just closed its doors earlier this month, and we are happier than ever to be a part of it! This year is the first year where the Fashion Week’s sustainability standards are in place, asking all show schedule brands to live up to at least 5 of the 18 action points in sustainability, including using recycled or certified materials, excluding dangerous substances and fur, and finding a second life for all samples Renewcell is a part of Copenhagen Fashion Week through our partnership with their NEWTALENT program, a support scheme for new designers that want to make fashion circular and sustainable. These new designers are looking to do the right thing from the start, and prefer more sustainable practices like using leftover fabrics from clothing factories. As they grow, however, keeping those sustainable practices becomes much more difficult. How do you scale to a couple of hundred pieces with consistent quality without compromising on minimizing the climate and environmental impact? It’s very hard, especially if you are a newcomer to the textile industry. Through the NEWTALENT program, we guide these new designers through the supply chain and help them keep their sustainable core by giving them access to Circulose® and other materials that allow them to make a living out of creating sustainable fashion. We love working with these emerging designers to explore new solutions and highlight important topics for a sustainable society. For this Fashion Week, we saw P.L.N and GANNI show pieces made with Circulose®, Latimmier bravely raise the issue of mental health, and iso.poetism produce zero-waste shows. These emerging talents are pushing this industry forward and we’re proud to be part of their journey. The NEWTALENT program was launched in August 2022 during the Spring/Summer 2023 (SS23) edition of the Copenhagen Fashion Week and will continue until the SS24 edition in August 2023. Throughout the program, the designers will get support in developing their brands in a sustainable way, and display their creations in a showroom for three consecutive Copenhagen Fashion Weeks.
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It is a great step in the right direction and hopefully we will learn from my grandmother about sustainable fashion - First she mended the clothes, turned over torn shirt collars and when the clothes could no longer be mended, they became rag rugs and when the rag rugs ran out, they became insulation material.
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Lenzing, the world’s leading supplier of sustainably produced specialty textile fibers, has entered a multi-year supply agreement with Renewcell where 80,000 to 100,000 tons of Circulose® will be bought over a five year period and included in the production of textiles for the fashion industry and other applications. In order for the fashion industry to transform into being truly sustainable, it’s not enough to switch to using more sustainably produced materials. We need to close the loop and reuse textiles as many times as possible, to reduce the environmentally damaging extraction of resources that the fashion industry causes today. This also keeps the carbon embedded in the cellulose fibers for a longer period of time, before they are released into the atmosphere through incineration or landfilling. Lenzing Group has realized this and set a goal that their TENCEL™ and LENZING™ ECOVERO™ branded specialty textile fibers will be offered with up to 50% post-consumer recycled content by 2025 on a commercial scale. As a part of this transition, the Group has entered into a supply agreement with Renewcell to buy 80,000 to 100,000 tons of recycled Circulose® dissolvable pulp, for use in textile production. “Lenzing is a major player in our industry, with an inspiring track record of path-breaking technical excellence and sustainability leadership. Our new partnership fits perfectly into Renewcell’s strategy to accelerate the scale-up of circular materials by collaborating with fashion’s most important players. We are more than pleased to join forces with Lenzing with the shared goal of making fashion circular.” said Patrik Lundström, CEO of Renewcell, in a comment on the agreement. Read the full press release on our website.
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Brilliant and noble initiative here
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Amazing initiative, sustainable fashion is calling
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This is a great partnership. Lenzing has an amazing product.
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During the UN climate conference COP27, Renewcell participated in the COP27 Climate Hub, an on-site and digital broadcast hosted by We Don’t Have Time from Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt. Patrik Lundström, CEO of Renewcell, joined the broadcast from the Swedish hub at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, to talk about a new factory for upcycling textile waste into renewed, circular material for the textile industry. The fashion industry today is a linear value chain, meaning that we take materials from nature, make clothes out of them, use them a few times and then burn them or throw them into a landfill. Add to this that the materials have a high environmental footprint when produced — cotton farms polluting nearby water flows, polyester increasing the use of fossil fuels, and viscose driving deforestation across the world — and we can see that the system as it stands today is wildly unsustainable. That is why Renewcell wants to add circularity to this system. Patrik came to the COP27 Climate Hub directly from the inauguration of Renewcell 1, a factory in Sundsvall that upcycles old textiles into a dissolvable pulp that can be used to make new clothes — Circulose®. The factory was previously a paper mill that was shut down in 2020 due to the declining demand for paper. Renewcell’s method allows the reuse of both equipment and skills through the old paper factory. Around 100 people that used to work at the paper factory got new jobs via the commissioning of the site. Patrik Lundström emphasized that making sustainable clothing is important for consumers, as we communicate through how we clothe ourselves: “We are communicating with the way we dress, and I think that’s an important factor to recognize. What we need to do is to lower the threshold for people to be able to communicate [sustainability]. We can do this, but we have to move a lot of the industry.” https://youtu.be/jLQgXSGO1KM?t=19775 Rewatch the COP27 Climate Hub anytime on We Don’t Have Time Play.
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I love Renewcell's work, it's such an impressive and impactful solution!
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Circular is the way to go!!! The current system for producing, distributing, and using clothing operates in an almost completely linear way!
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This year, a new partnership between Renewcell and the Swiss yarn manufacturer HeiQ was announced. Combining our two innovations, together we are able to produce a game-changing replacement for the most frequently used and unsustainable raw material in the fashion industry. Polyester makes up almost 70 percent of the textile market share today. Conventional polyester fabric is usually derived from petroleum and causes major ramifications to the environment. In fact, 35% of the microplastics found in our oceans stem from polyester garments. Furthermore, most polyester commonly found in clothes today is virgin, and there are several limitations to recycling polyester and thus closing the loop for circularity. Even though there are some sustainable options on the market that offer recycled polyester fabric from fish nets, also known as polyamide, most recycled polyester found on the market today is made of PET. While plastic in itself has the ability to be recycled several times when it is constrained to the form of PET bottles, however, when PET is utilized in recycling polyester in garments, the end of life occurs after being recycled once. After that, it becomes very difficult to recycle the same material again. To add to this issue, big-scale capacity for textile-to-textile recycling of synthetic fibers does not exist. In many ways, highlighting that a garment is made from recycled polyester is a form of greenwashing as those PET bottles could have continued being recycled in the same value chain. In addition, as polyester is a fossil-based material, recycling only goes so far in solving the broader problem. Thus, we need to find other materials that can equal the positive aspects of polyester, while having a smaller impact on the environment. Renewcell’s new collaboration aims to develop a new filament yarn that can be used in place of polyester. Promising tests have shown that combining our Circulose® pulp with HeiQ’s cellulosic yarn HeiQ AeniQ can result in a strong and versatile textile that can act as a replacement for both conventional and recycled polyester. The global middle class is growing, and people around the world are lifted out of poverty. This is a very positive development and a testament to the fact that globalization can bring some hopeful changes. However, given this notion, the demand for clothes continues to surge by the decade. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that the usage of polyester in textile production continues to increase. Given the evidence-based facts of the environmental harm the material contributes to, we need substitutes to meet the rising demand for comfortable and durable clothing. Through Renewcell’s partnership with HeiQ, we can expand the use of textiles that are entirely fossil-free, circular, biodegradable, and less energy intensive in production. The need to find a substitute for polyester goes beyond just the fashion industry. The material exists in a wide range of products in everything from seatbelts to filters, films, ropes, fish nets, and wires. This versatile and wide-ranging usage of polyester presents the scope of the problem. In the same way as with polyester clothing, in the case of many of these products, recycled polyester is not durable, given that the recycling process reduces the quality of the plastic. Therefore, the need to create new materials to prevent plastic pollution and carbon emissions, which polyester is held responsible for, continues to be salient. Our CEO, Patrik Lundström recently said: “The challenge of how to use Circulose® as a direct substitute for oil in high tenacity performance fabrics has remained, until now.“ Through our partnership with HeiQ, we have come up with a solution for replacing polyester in the fashion industry, but we recognize that climate action is, at heart, a team effort. We hope that our partnership and subsequent innovation will inspire more companies and innovators to tackle other areas in which polyester plays a dominant role in production. We need to come together to solve this issue, and while Renewcell has found a replacement, all help is vital in order for us to reach the 2030 Sustainability Goals set by the UN. Let's make an industrial evolution together. If you have any ideas for partnerships we can create or actions we can take to reduce the use of polyester, please let us know in the comments below or through a climate idea. For more information on our new partnership, read our press release.
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Such an awesome piece of innovation!
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Amazing! This is the kind of innovations that the whole world needs!
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There is a need for a rapid and systematic change in how we produce and recycle the products we use in our daily lives. Around the world, there’s a large existing network of factories all set up to manufacture products and many people who work in them. So how can we make the best use of that infrastructure? What if we could keep those factories running and change them from producing non-circular products to producing products for the circular economy? Our industrial journey began in 2018 when we moved into Casco’s old factory in Kristinehamn, Sweden, and repurposed it to produce our material Circulose®. Circulose® is a dissolving pulp made out of 100% textile waste and is today utilized by many of the world’s biggest fashion houses in their garment production. We are scaling up our operations, and this year we are opening our commercial factory in Sundsvall. The plant is a former paper mill and when the operation was closed down in 2020, close to 700 people lost their livelihood. Since then, Renewcell has been able to rehire original staff as well as keep the majority of the machinery. Our recycling process is designed for existing machines and existing know-how to deliver a product into existing value chains. We establish ourselves at ’brownfield’ sites where we can reuse buildings, infrastructure, equipment, utilities, and, most importantly, knowledge. We made sure our disruption of this industry has been mindful and now we’d like to share what we’ve done in the hope that it inspires others. It goes without saying that the fashion and textile industry causes a lot of environmental damage. It sends toxic chemicals into our environment and annually 200 million trees are cut down to be used as a raw material in garment production. Of the 6.5 million tonnes of wood pulp produced annually, 3.3 million tonnes (which is approximately half of the entire production) come from Ancient and Endangered Forests, such as the carbon-rich peatlands of Indonesia and old-growth boreal forests of Canada. Fighting against this development, we are hoping to produce 360,000 tonnes of Circulose® by 2030, meaning that in a few years, we will be able to recycle the equivalent of more than a billion garments per year. As our raw material is people's discarded clothing and production waste, we don’t have to cut down old growth forests to produce our material. This also means that we are able to recycle textiles made from our product time and time again, creating a circular value chain. It's hard to convince someone that a circular economy in fashion is a bad idea. Who doesn't want to save materials and cause less harm to our environment? Business and entrepreneurship can be an engine for good and not just an extraction machine. Renewcell is paving the way for other industries to follow and we’ll be sharing these lessons on the We Don’t Have Time platform as a way to build momentum. If you have any questions or ideas for how we can scale our impact, leave a comment and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can. Keep sharing solutions and together we can do what it takes to create a more sustainable world. Read more about our industrial evolution: https://www.renewcell.com/en/industrial-evolution/
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I am great pleasure to know such a wonderful exciting recycling industry that fits well in circular economy sustainability. May I know that whether you r using only cotton fiber and many more like silk, linen, polyester, banana stem, eucalyptus, hemp, bast fibre and so on.
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Amazing work, a great example for all industries, innovative thinking and sustainable social environmental and economics. !!!
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Very inspiring, excellent work!
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At the recent climate action summit Stockholm+50 Climate Hub, our CEO Patrik Lundström and a panel of experts got together to talk through the challenges and opportunities of circular textiles. “There is an urgency to change the way we design, the way we produce, the way we sell, the way we use and the way we dispose of textiles and that is a design challenge.” - Gwen Cunningham - Circle Economy In 2018, the fashion industry represented around 4% of global emissions, that's nearly double that of what air travel creates. Making fashion circular relies on a series of adjustments made to the entire supply chain and life cycle of a piece of clothing. From cutting waste at the manufacturing stage to preventing clothing from ending up in household waste. In northern Europe, 70% of consumer-bought clothing is incinerated or landfilled because ordinary people don't have the information or accessible means to recycle their unwanted clothing. To solve this we need to first make recycling infrastructure accessible and then educate people on how to recycle their clothing. The fashion industry is growing and its emissions are set to grow with it unless we rapidly adopt circular practices. The industry must get together and invest in companies developing the solutions, fund research to find unknown solutions and educate their customers in playing their part in the circular fashion ecosystem. We should all keep clothes in use for as long as possible but at some point clothes become so damaged or out of fashion that nobody wants it and that's where Renewcell comes in. We take cellulose-rich textiles like old jeans, shred them and produce a dissolvable pulp which we then sell to be made into new fabrics. This is a real-life example of circular textiles at scale and it's about to get a whole lot bigger. We’re excited to be sharing our journey with the We Don’t Have Time community and if you’d like to learn more about what we do you can watch our CEO at the Stockholm+50 summit: https://youtu.be/2cA0q8TmOkA?t=1828
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Abash old industrial method.. This time is Green Energy
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This is a really exciting solution and I look forward to learning more and seeing if it's able to push the fashion industry in the right direction.
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Thank you for taking part in the STHLM+50 Climate Hub, creating a circular fashion industry will be key and Renewcell's solution is a very exciting one
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The textile industry is facing a significant challenge in that the production of fabrics is highly resource-intensive. We are working to solve this challenge with Circulose®, our branded dissolving pulp made from 100% textile waste, like old jeans and production scraps. Circulose® is a circular alternative to cotton, wood or oil in the production of textile fibers. In simple words, Circulose eliminates the use of virgin raw materials and closes the circular loop by turning old clothes into new instead of dumping them into landfills. Even though this solution avoids a lot of production emissions, there are still many other challenges across the value chains and supply chains that need to be solved. Challenges that we share with manufacturers generally. One significant challenge is that many of the safe and regionally sourced chemicals used in the recycling process are still fossil-based or made in facilities run on fossil fuels, causing emissions from the supply chain. There are also emissions related to goods transports to and from our factories. We have a lot of work to do to improve the sustainability of our partners and value chain, and it is our responsibility to do so. In fact, this is the whole purpose of our business. We support the 2030 Agenda and intend to develop emission reduction targets that are in line with the 1.5 degree target of the Paris Agreement. We will disclose emissions and report on our overall sustainability performance starting in 2023, when our first commercial scale facility is up and running in Sundsvall, Sweden. We start from a good place, utilizing 100% renewable energy for our operations and 100% recycled raw materials in our production, which addresses a significant part of the climate impact of a typical company in our industry, but we have much more to do. The fact that we have the solution to one crucial challenge doesn’t mean we are backing down from everything else that needs to change. To be a company that spearheads a new circular industrial era, there’s work to be done not only in the world of fashion but also inside our factory walls. Development means constantly trying to improve things, and we want to build a culture that leads by example. Having a world-changing innovation is just the starting point. What comes next is all about working together to take the idea of “sustainability” as far as we can and strive for a future where taking responsibility for all aspects of life is the new business norm. We are looking forward to being a part of this network that is all about working together to accelerate solutions.
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Such a great innovation, how have you been using circulose so far? Do you collaborate with apparel brands?
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Making cotton clothing circular instead of ending up in land fill or burned.
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Very important issue. Thank you for bringing it in.
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This is an example of the circular economy at scale. I assumed that most circular businesses were startups and were not yet scaled. Today I learnt that Renewcell have just bought a factory from a non circular viscose manufacturer that went bust, they are hiring all the original staff and using all the original machines. Not only do they recycle clothes but they even recycle factories! This gives me so much hope as it is a prefect example of the circular economy in action. Viscose is usually made from wood. This is then sold to be made into clothes. These clothes then mostly end up in landfill at the end of their use. Renewcell take old clothes, separate the materials and produce a raw material that replaces the need to cut down trees for viscose. They then sell this material to fashion companies and the process starts all over again! Well done to Renewcell for proving that circular business models can work at scale. Keep up the good work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQsQS7GdL3I
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Definitely worth climate love!
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I’m very inpressad by the work of RE:Newcell and once again we have solutions to our problems and ”bulimia consumtion” is probaly one of biggest reason to the climate crisis.
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They are saving trees, saving jobs and saving environment. Very well done!
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Always glad to see a changemaker join the ranks with making a good change in the world
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Is it possible to use even 100% CIRCULOSE in a new garment?
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A great Changemaker example - Renewcell making circular textiles.