Parkdale Advanced Materials, the innovative fibres and yarns division of Parkdale Inc, has inked a joint venture with Intrinsic Textiles Group to scale up a new technology to help reduce synthetic microfibre pollution and textile waste.
The joint venture, called Intrinsic Advanced Materials, will bring the CiCLO Sustainable Textile Technology to market. The technology allows polyester and other synthetic materials to biodegrade like natural materials in wastewater treatment plant sludge, sea water and landfill conditions.
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According to the two companies, CiCLO is the first textile technology to market that apparel brands can easily implement at the manufacturing level to take responsibility for reducing synthetic microfibre pollution generated during washing, and minimising plastic accumulation in landfills caused by discarded textiles.
Recent studies claim that annual estimates of plastic microfibre pollution in the oceans is equivalent to more than 50bn plastic bottles by weight. While several researchers are currently working to quantify microfibre pollution contributions from textiles and specifically which textiles are the main sources, there is industry agreement that microfibres are shed during the washing cycle.
“The Parkdale team has been working with Intrinsic Textiles Group for quite some time to vet CiCLO technology,” explains Charles Heilig, president and CEO of Parkdale textiles division. “We’re confident that CiCLO is the best solution for synthetic microfibre pollution and unrecycled textile waste. The joint venture is a strategic fit, leveraging each company’s strengths, and represents Parkdale’s commitment to continual innovation for our customers.”
Andrea Ferris, CEO of the new joint venture, added: “Parkdale is contributing considerable resources and expertise to enable CiCLO to lead the textiles industry in sustainable solutions. Their partnership presents a powerful opportunity for us to significantly scale up manufacturing and quickly make product available to customers worldwide, ultimately making the greatest environmental impact.”
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By GlobalDataCiCLO is Eco Passport certified by Oeko-Tex, a third party verification process demonstrating safety for use in sustainable textile manufacturing and conformance to the MRSL of the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) programme.
