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Independent Project

Eco Yarn

The Business Plan researches setting up the UK’s first closed loop textile recycling business in which waste textiles are broken down into fibre form to be re-spun into eco yarn.

It investigates the current state of the UK’s waste recycling market and identifies the absence of waste textile recycling services available to the UK’s textile industry and large corporations who dispose of waste textiles.

The plan identifies how the UK and government waste reduction schemes would benefit environmentally and financially from closed loop textile recycling in comparison to waste disposal shows the reduction in environmental impacts in comparison to the production of yarn from recycled fibres as appose to the production of yarn from virgin fibres and the maximum capacity of textile waste the business will divert from landfill annually.

Inspiration for project

The project was inspired by the success of existing closed loop textile recycling businesses overseas. Jimtex Yarns, Repreve, and ECO CIRCLE FIBERS are all closed loop textile recycling company's will successfully divert thousands of tonnes of textile waste from landfill and incineration annually and the process is far less energy intensive than that of yarn production from virgin fibres.

The UK needs to take action on it waste problem and Fabric 2 Fibre could bring closed loop textile recycling into the UK and divert thousands of tonnes of textiles from the waste stream.

Contacts & Mentors

• Bartlett, Caroline: Technical researcher for Centre of Recycling and Reuse (CRR).
• Betts, Mike: PR for Better Thinking.
• Cliffe, Nick: Closed Loop Textile Recycling Ltd Factory Manager.
• Gray, Hardy: Sales Manager, Tiancheng Textile Ltd (China).
• Haywood, Kim: Assistant buyer for Claire’s Accessories.
• Ikeda, Yuu: Head of recycling at Teijin.
• Jackson, Francis: Head of recycling at Closed Loop Recycling Ltd.
• Lynch, Angela: Head of recycling at Playback Clothing Ltd.
• Lynch, Lorraine: Textile researcher at Wellmans Ltd.
• Matusow, Harry: Head of recycling at Jimtex Yarns.
• Plenderleith, Sianne: Assistant buyer for Next.
• Stubbs, Dawne: PA for John Smedley.
• Walkuski, Cam: Unifi Technical Marketing.
• Whateley, Alan: Mercedes Trucks at Gerard Mann.
• Yu, Shirley: sale manager from China Suzhou Kailong Machinery Co.,Ltd.
• Tysinger, Barbara: Technical Marketing Manager Unifi Manufacturing, Inc.
• Osborn, Lesley: Manager Davinci Textiles

Ambition

I want to go into fashion buying after university, it is a great industry to get into and has a great balance of fashion and business.

Experience

• Next Head Office- 5 week Internship as a buyers administrator.
• Claires Head Office- One month internship as a buyers administrator. 
• Bank Fashion, Sutton Coldfield- Sales assistant