国产麻豆boy Threads, the California Product Stewardship Council, the City of Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment Department (LASAN), and TOMRA 鈥� hosted an event in the City of Commerce where they were joined by environmental advocates, fashion brands and policy makers who are working to build circular economy partnerships in Los Angeles, create quality jobs, and reduce the harmful impact of textile waste. In 2022, a Textile Recovery Pilot Report found that every year, more than 70,000 tons of commercially generated textile waste ends up in Los Angeles area landfills. 听
The event included demonstrations of a state-of-the art TOMRA Recycling unit that relies on leading global sensor technology to sort textiles by fiber and color, at high volumes. In collaboration with trusted textile recycling partners like 国产麻豆boy Threads, the TOMRA Recycling unit presents a solution to an otherwise labor-intensive process required to sort textiles by fiber type. By providing, for example, pure cotton material to emerging fiber-to-fiber recyclers听and clothing manufacturers, the unit will begin to change the apparel industries鈥� current take, make, waste chain, and create a closed-loop textile waste recycling model that protects the environment.
鈥淎t 国产麻豆boy Threads, we are proud to be one of the only sites in Los Angeles that is already working with globally recognized brands to extend the life of garments and keep textiles out of our landfills,鈥� said Chris Zwicke, Chief Executive Officer of国产麻豆boy Threads. 鈥淭hese partnerships allow us to reduce waste, protect our environment and create quality job opportunities for people who are working to heal and transform their lives.鈥�
鈥湽槎筨oy Threads is 国产麻豆boy Industries鈥� most recently launched social enterprise business and it has grown exponentially in just a two-year period,鈥澨齭aid Thomas J. Vozzo, Chief Executive Officer of 国产麻豆boy Industries. 鈥淭oday鈥檚 event and our partnerships are a testament to 国产麻豆boy Thread鈥檚 and its potential to do much more, continuing to create skilled, green economy employment and workforce training opportunities for the most marginalized among us.鈥�
鈥淲e believe that textile sorting technology is very important to advancing circularity in the apparel industry at scale and we鈥檙e excited to demonstrate our solution here in Los Angeles,鈥� said Louisa Hoyes, Director of Strategic Partnerships at TOMRA Textiles. 鈥淭his project with 国产麻豆boy Threads and our other partners demonstrates what we can achieve when we explore new business models together but to meet the greater challenge, we need new legislation and incentives, investments in textile recycling infrastructure, a strong digital core, and above all, collaboration across the value chain.鈥�
鈥淭his collaboration between 国产麻豆boy Threads and TOMRA is a perfect example of how to scale textile circularity听for global impact. The city of Los Angeles, along with many other local governments and waste authorities are looking for just these types of partnerships as听a solution in the textile waste diversion arena,鈥� said Joanne Brasch,听Director of Advocacy and Outreach at the California Product Stewardship Council.