ReCircled and Kaltex to Create Circular Denim
ReCircled LLC and Kaltex USA have announced a special collaboration aimed at achieving a significant milestone - the creation of the first fully vertical and transparent circular denim in the Western Hemisphere.
While ReCircled LLC operates as a preprocessor for footwear, apparel, and accessories, Kaltex USA is a prominent player in the denim industry in North America.
Kaltex, a Mexico-based company with a history spanning over a century, is among the largest fully vertical producers of denim, piece dye, apparel, and home products in North America.
Facilities include mechanical recycling, spinning, dyeing, weaving and cutting/sewing/laundry facilities. Kaltex places sustainability at the core of all its operations, evident in the presence of their self-owned natural gas-fired cogeneration energy plant and water treatment facilities. Kaltex is RCS, ZDHC, Oeko Tex, and WRAP certified including several others.
ReCircled will administer Branded Take Back Programs, work with brands and retailers DCs on unsaleable items, sort by brand and prepare the denim for recycling. Once these products have been sorted, cleaned and detrimmed, they will move to Kaltex for recycling into new denim, completing the full circle.
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Textile-to-Textile process will provide brands and retailers, the ability to create Circular Denim with a turnkey system handled from beginning to end by ReCircled and Kaltex.
Scott Kuhlman, CEO of ReCircled, commented, "From the beginning we knew that collaboration was needed to build the systems that allow for recycling textiles at the highest level. With the system we now have in place, it's finally a reality."
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