There is a very interesting overlap between the traditional wood pulp industry and new innovative textile fibres, especially manmade cellulosic innovations coming out of the Nordics. These innovative fibres could well change the fashion business. A first hand account of the just-concluded Pulp & Beyond 2024 event in Helsinki.
OnceMore—the world’s first large-scale process for recycling blended fabrics—uses a proprietery process that combines post-consumer textile waste with renewable wood from responsibly managed forests to produce high-quality textile pulp. Åsa Degerman, Project Leader for OnceMore at forest industry group Södra talks recycling.
Lenzing and Södra are pooling their decades-long experience, knowledge and technology to develop the OnceMore process under a project, which will receive €10 million in funding from the European Union. The joint project will make a significant contribution to the EU’s action plan for circularity.
This autumn’s spring/summer collection by fashion brand Filippa K will be made from recycled and sustainably produced materials in partnership with Austrian supplier of specialty fibres Lenzing and Swedish pulp producer Södra.
