Compostability of Coreva denim confirmed
08/07/2024
Biodegradability is presented as a growing trend by WGSN, a trend forecasting and consumer insight agency based in London. “While the fashion industry continues to make progress in moving to a circular model, starting the journey to recycle more of the garments it creates still only accounts for around 1% of clothing, so it will be essential to enable waste to safely biodegrade in natural environments,” it stated in its 2024 WGSN Insider report.
With more than 2 billion pairs of jeans manufactured globally every year, a diverse array of solutions is needed to reduce the mountains of apparel waste, and Candiani Denim believes its natural rubber-based stretch yarn Coreva is a viable option.
Italian innovation and testing laboratory Innovhub tested the denim fabrics to assess their degree of disintegration (ISO 16929-2019) and evaluate the ecotoxic effect of the compost to higher plants (EN 13432:2000 Annex E/AC:2005). The lab concluded that the “compost obtained from the disintegration test in the presence of the sample SL7283 Sioux pre-shrunk has not determined an inhibiting effect on either the germination or growth of both plants analysed at the different tested compost concentrations.”
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