‘Recycled denim will be standard in 3 to 4 years’: Dutch Denim Deal
26/01/2022
As part of a deeper look at the circularity-focused Dutch Denim Deal, we speak to the pair, as well as House of Denim’s James Veenhoff and Zoé Daemen, corporate responsibility manager at Dutch brand Kuyichi, who make up part of the cross-industry collaboration which is working towards setting up an efficient collecting, sorting and recycling system for old jeans.
With more companies signing up to support – Transformers Foundation and Soorty the latest to join the original 30 – the three-year project is making promising headway.
“Thirty years ago, recycled paper was yellow-ish, the quality was poor and nobody wanted it,” says Mr Ozek. “Today, everyone is using it, and recycled textiles will be the same. We just started later.”
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Image credit: Kuyichi
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