Agraloop is a Los Angeles-based Circular system that is converting the crop waste (residual) into fibers. The Agraloop™ refines natural fibers derived from agricultural crops into a textile-grade fiber called Agraloop™ BioFibre™. A NEW Natural Fiber mindfully sourced for circularity. The Agraloop processes leftovers from various food and medicine crops including, oilseed hemp/flax, CBD hemp, banana, and pineapple.
Crop residues are abundant, far too much to compost effectively. This waste is all too often left to rot or burned, creating methane pollution, crop disease, and air pollution that contributes to more than 250,000 deaths per year. Agraloop is converting such waste into exceptional fibers for textile use.
Agraloop made its debut at the 2019 Global Change Awards in an elegant hemp BioFibre/silk gown designed by & Other Stories and worn by former Vogue India editor turned sustainable fashion thought leader Bandana Tewari.
Cannabidiol or CBD, a natural and non-psychoactive compound found in cannabis plants, has been used for medicinal and therapeutic purposes for thousands of years. New medical and scientific research and federal, state and local policy reform have contributed to the growing market. A 2020 global market report valued the CBD market at US$2.8 billion in 2020 and annual growth at 21.2% in the years to 2028.
Circular Systems has developed its Agraloop 1.5 technology as an option for this waste. In addition to refining fiber bundles from oilseed hemp, oilseed flax, and now CBD crop leftovers, the processing technology will recycle the wastewater generated during fiber refining and create beneficial soil amendments that can go back to the farm. Araloop 1.0 technology is currently running scaled commercial production in China, and Agraloop fiber made its debut in the H&M Conscious Exclusive Collection in December 2020.
The company is working in partnership with brands, supply chain, and the impact investment community to ignite the circular economy and elevate industry’s goals. The aim is beyond the goal of “zero-impact.”
