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H&M 's latest clothing line , called Conscious Exclusive A/W20 Collection , takes recycling to a new level with a line of clothing and accessories created from materials like food waste that had been destined for the trash.
Food waste is now part of the sustainable textiles conversation
Set to be available online a few days ago, the collection includes clothing derived from food waste, as well as fabrics created from wood pulp and recycled fibers. As well as wine byproducts that are the ingredients behind the fashion giant's latest vegan leather shoes.
For her part, H&M creative advisor Ann-Sofie Johansson stated in a company statement:
For A/W20 we really wanted to be pioneers, pushing the boundaries of creativity and sustainable fashion, focusing on waste, working with this type of transformation and being able to speak to our customers through beauty. We hope that waste can be part of the future of sustainable fashion.
Ann-Sofie Johansson, creative advisor at H&M.
It should be noted that if you think that waste-based Chile Mobile Number List fashion consists of burlap sack dresses and earrings made from egg cartons, fear not:
The collection includes evening dresses, tuxedos, men's suits and a shirt. Fashion accessories include necklaces, chokers and shoe clips made from recycled metals.
One of the models who showed the new clothing line is Zinnia Kumar, environmentalist and activist:
As consumers, we will no longer need to differentiate between fashion and sustainability, as they will become the same. As an environmentalist working in fashion, this fills me with hope.
Zinnia Kumar, model, environmentalist and activist.
A supply chain that incorporates fibers from more responsible sources
The collection includes four new materials and processes in H&M's sustainable fashion arsenal. These include Eastman's Naia Renew yarn, which contains 60% certified wood fiber and 40% recycled plastic waste.
Additionally, the hemp-based fibers come from Agraloop , a company that makes textile fibers from fibrous food waste. Agraloop fibers, in particular, stand out for being the winner of the first H&M Foundation Global Change Award 2018.
The company's production process also eliminates greenhouse gas emissions that typically result from fiber production, recycles wastewater and generates organic fertilizers.
We are SpinDye's dyed recycled polyester is also part of the H&M collection. In this process, the recycled material is dyed before being turned into fabric. The company says its system uses 75% less water and 90% fewer chemicals than traditional means. Another Made of Air process results in sunglasses made from what it says is carbon negative plastic.
H&M also adopted a way of extracting natural and synthetic fibers from textile waste at various stages of the production process offered by Texloop Recycling.
A continuous change in the fashion sector
This is H&M's second line with sustainable materials. Four years ago, the company launched its Conscious Exclusive collection, which includes clothing and accessories made exclusively from recycled materials.
Many other clothing companies are also developing clothing from recycled materials. Patagonia created a fleece material made from plastic bottles in 1993 and makes clothing, equipment from recycled polyester, down and wool.
While Waste2Wear features couture made from recycled plastic bottles; The Couture Light single dress fabric in the company's collection reportedly removes 30 PET bottles from the environment. The French company Veja also uses recycled plastic bottles to make sneakers.
Plastics and fabrics already have a close relationship. Currently, between 60 and 65% of textiles produced worldwide are synthetic, most of which are made from the same material as single-use plastics.
H&M insists that it continues to deepen its commitment to sustainability. For the past seven years, the owners of the H&M Group, the Stefan Persson family, have been donating to the H&M Foundation to help the company meet the 2030 deadline of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations. .
“We take our responsibility to stay within planetary boundaries very seriously and have an ambitious plan: to become climate positive by 2040 and work only with sustainably sourced materials by 2030 ,” Johansson said in a recent Forbes article.
Food waste is now part of the sustainable textiles conversation
Set to be available online a few days ago, the collection includes clothing derived from food waste, as well as fabrics created from wood pulp and recycled fibers. As well as wine byproducts that are the ingredients behind the fashion giant's latest vegan leather shoes.
For her part, H&M creative advisor Ann-Sofie Johansson stated in a company statement:
For A/W20 we really wanted to be pioneers, pushing the boundaries of creativity and sustainable fashion, focusing on waste, working with this type of transformation and being able to speak to our customers through beauty. We hope that waste can be part of the future of sustainable fashion.
Ann-Sofie Johansson, creative advisor at H&M.
It should be noted that if you think that waste-based Chile Mobile Number List fashion consists of burlap sack dresses and earrings made from egg cartons, fear not:
The collection includes evening dresses, tuxedos, men's suits and a shirt. Fashion accessories include necklaces, chokers and shoe clips made from recycled metals.
One of the models who showed the new clothing line is Zinnia Kumar, environmentalist and activist:
As consumers, we will no longer need to differentiate between fashion and sustainability, as they will become the same. As an environmentalist working in fashion, this fills me with hope.
Zinnia Kumar, model, environmentalist and activist.
A supply chain that incorporates fibers from more responsible sources
The collection includes four new materials and processes in H&M's sustainable fashion arsenal. These include Eastman's Naia Renew yarn, which contains 60% certified wood fiber and 40% recycled plastic waste.
Additionally, the hemp-based fibers come from Agraloop , a company that makes textile fibers from fibrous food waste. Agraloop fibers, in particular, stand out for being the winner of the first H&M Foundation Global Change Award 2018.
The company's production process also eliminates greenhouse gas emissions that typically result from fiber production, recycles wastewater and generates organic fertilizers.
We are SpinDye's dyed recycled polyester is also part of the H&M collection. In this process, the recycled material is dyed before being turned into fabric. The company says its system uses 75% less water and 90% fewer chemicals than traditional means. Another Made of Air process results in sunglasses made from what it says is carbon negative plastic.
H&M also adopted a way of extracting natural and synthetic fibers from textile waste at various stages of the production process offered by Texloop Recycling.
A continuous change in the fashion sector
This is H&M's second line with sustainable materials. Four years ago, the company launched its Conscious Exclusive collection, which includes clothing and accessories made exclusively from recycled materials.
Many other clothing companies are also developing clothing from recycled materials. Patagonia created a fleece material made from plastic bottles in 1993 and makes clothing, equipment from recycled polyester, down and wool.
While Waste2Wear features couture made from recycled plastic bottles; The Couture Light single dress fabric in the company's collection reportedly removes 30 PET bottles from the environment. The French company Veja also uses recycled plastic bottles to make sneakers.
Plastics and fabrics already have a close relationship. Currently, between 60 and 65% of textiles produced worldwide are synthetic, most of which are made from the same material as single-use plastics.
H&M insists that it continues to deepen its commitment to sustainability. For the past seven years, the owners of the H&M Group, the Stefan Persson family, have been donating to the H&M Foundation to help the company meet the 2030 deadline of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations. .
“We take our responsibility to stay within planetary boundaries very seriously and have an ambitious plan: to become climate positive by 2040 and work only with sustainably sourced materials by 2030 ,” Johansson said in a recent Forbes article.