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T Christina - finding circular opportunities for post industrial textile waste
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T Christina is a garment manufacturer in Brazil committed to eliminating waste. Towards this objective, the company sends post industrial waste either to internal reuse, or to external downcycling to the automotive sector. MoMo ambiental supports T Christina in reverse logistics of its textile waste.

Problem

Modern textiles rely heavily on petrochemical products that come from many of the same oil and gas companies driving greenhouse gas emissions. Today, in fact, fashion accounts for up to 10% of global carbon dioxide output—more than international flights and shipping combined, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. 48 million tones of clothing are disposed worldwide every year. 73% are incinerated, 12% is reused, 12% is downcycled, and only less then 1% is turned into new clothes.


Solution

Aware of the negative impact the textile sector has on the planet, T Christina started an internal system for the quantification and requalification of post industrial waste.

Textile waste that is fit for upcycling is reused internally for the production of designer fitness garments, under the guide of designer Agustina Comas. Other textile, plastic and paper post industrial waste are sent to MoMo Ambiental for recycling, a company specialized in textile reverse logistics. Generally MoMo sends polyamide post industrial waste to the automotive sector for the production of car parts. In order to exploit all available opportunities for its post industrial waste, T Christina promotes internal trainings on sustainability and waste management.

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