Packaging: Fashion waste: Meet the packaging giving new life to fashion industry waste

The article explores the packaging advances available to provide an attractive and innovative way to recycle scrap textiles. The longstanding exploration of synergies between beauty and fashion industries now extends to an opportunity for fashion houses to enhance sustainability through beauty packaging. Matsos, sustainable wood packaging specialist Pujolasos' newly launched company, introduces Renew, a product concept presented at Luxe Pack Monaco in 2023. Renew utilizes fashion scraps to create perfumery caps while capitalizing on the connection between fashion and fragrance waste. For example, jeans scraps undergo a binder-free thermosealing process, allowing the caps to be recyclable after use. This technology incorporates different materials, including wood, enabling Pujolasos to utilize scraps from the production of its wooden packaging components for Renew caps. It also includes obtaining waste materials from garment production and manufacturing scraps, as well as from gathering points provided by companies to consumers. The brand produces Renew caps from leather, textiles, and cork. Worldwide textile production doubled from 2000 to 2015, and apparel and footwear consumption is expected to rise by over 63% to 102 M tonnes in 2030 from 61 M tonnes in 2022. Additionally, the production of one pair of jeans requires about 2500 gal of water, while a single t-shirt takes 600 gal. While the cap concept is created entirely from waste, manufacturers of pulp-derived products have introduced grades utilizing fashion scraps in recent years. In 2022, James Cropper, a UK papermaking firm, unveiled Rydal Apparel, a 100% recycled product within its Rydal range of recycled papers. The product is made of 80% recycled fibre from items like used coffee cups and 20% post-consumer denim fibre. The company collaborates with a European partner to obtain cotton fibre from discarded clothing, preventing it from ending up in landfills or incinerators. Rydal Apparel is offered in 220 gsm and 350 gsm paper in Denim White and designed for gift cards, small boxes, and retail carrier bags. Eska, a Dutch board firm, introduced Eska Jeans in 2019. Comprising a blend of recycled paper and denim fibres, Eska Jeans utilizes jean fibres made from 40% wool and 60% cotton. These fibres are derived from textile waste from producers and post-consumer clothing. Favini, an Italian papermaker, has a track record of innovative reuse, featuring Crush, a paper series incorporating food waste from cherry, cocoa, and olive production. Additionally, Remake, introduced in 2015, incorporates 25% leather by-products. Fashion can become less wasteful through innovative recycling technologies. Dow introduces its new Surlyn CIR, developed through the chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste that would otherwise be incinerated or end up in landfills. The polymer retains the aesthetic advantages of traditional Surlyn, including design flexibility, transparency, and absence of visible injection points, while also being compatible with existing production processes. Introduced alongside Surlyn REN, a sustainable polymer derived from bio-waste such as used cooking oil, Surlyn CIR contributes to Dow's goal of repurposing waste and providing 3 M tonnes/y of renewable and circular solutions by 2030. Original Source: Cosmetics Business Magazines, http://www.cosmeticsbusiness.com, Copyright HPCi Media Limited 2023.
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