The textiles industry both contributes to and is limited by the ecological consequences of resource exploitation, industrial agriculture, and excessive pollution. Every day, brands, suppliers, manufacturers, and consumers collectively send immense amounts of textile waste to landfill and incineration, which results in contamination of our air, land, and water. This excessive waste creation is fueled by overconsumption and inefficient production processes. At the same time, virgin materials are grown and acquired via unsustainable means that result in similar impacts. EcoSimple estimates that over 170k tons of textile waste is produced each year in Brazil and notes that the country lacks a specific waste program for PET bottles. As consumer demand for sustainable and eco-conscious fashion, accessories, and home products continues to grow, textiles companies are in need of innovative sourcing options that account for economic, environmental, and social well-being.

Through local partnerships with community waste-sorting cooperatives, EcoSimple collects pre-consumer/post-consumer cotton waste, as well as discarded PET bottles, which are redirected to recycling factory units. Raw materials are obtained from sources such as repurposed post-industrial waste fibers, industrial residues from spinning and other processes, worn out clothing, and discarded fabric scraps. The collected materials are sorted by color, catalogued, and then separated in the tearing process before being transformed into sustainable raw fibres. After this, they are processed and spun into yarn. The color of each material comes from the pre-sorted regenerated fibers from which they are made, without need for water or dyeing agents. EcoSimple's rPET yarns are combined with regenerated cotton and other recycled materials for added strength.

Textiles are then fashioned from these raw resources and yarns at EcoSimple's manufacturing plant in the city of Americana, São Paulo. Here, a variety of plain weave, twill, and jacquard eco fabrics are produced with efficiency-maximizing technologies. All trimmings from production are sent back to the separation phase for reuse in the production cycle. EcoSimple also offers a range of certified Organic Cotton produced by Natural Cotton Colors that embraces the natural earth tones of the fibre without use of chemicals or dyes.

Through technological innovation and community collaboration, EcoSimple has created an exemplary production model that is less dependent on virgin materials, avoids excessive water and chemical use, and reduces CO2 emissions and energy usage. The company has won the Planeta Casa 2010 Award, the Greenbest 2011 Award, and the Idea Brasil 2011 Award for its technology development.