346 ON catalogue 2023 Recycled cotton Recycled cotton can be generally defined as converting cotton fabric into cotton fiber that can be reused in textile products. The majority of recycled cotton is produced through mechanical recycling: fabrics and materials are sorted and classified; after sorting, the fabrics pass through a machine that tears the fabric into threads and subsequently transforms them into raw fiber. In 2021, the market share of recycled cotton represented only 1% of total cotton production4; by choosing to use it, we want to promote its expansion in the market. For the production of each of our Utopic items, we saved 64% of CO2 emissions -64% Eutrophication Resources depletion - fossil fuels Water scarcity Chemistry -67,15% -11,68% -96,32% -23,82% Reduction of the potential impact index of recycled cotton compared to the virgin equivalent:
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