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RE.ACT: Make

circular economy a

reality in textile

Marzoli took part to the

RE.ACT project developed by
Italian Review circular solutions for denim Italian Review
The Egyptian Cotton project of
UNIDO, sharing its technology
to support the adoption of

recycling in the Egyptian

cotton textile industry.

Textile supply chains are moving towards new The finished fabrics produced a promising quality
directions, where sustainability, circularity and knitwear capsule collection through an educational
competitiveness are directly linked to joining forces ‘Knitwear Design for Sustainability’ workshop
through strategic partnerships along the value chain delivered by Italian fashion designer Marina
to share innovation, inspiration, and forward Spadafora to Egyptian and Italian Fashion design
solutions beyond their “business as usual”. students.
present for industry stakeholders and on the rising innovation in mechanical regeneration of fibers and
opportunities for the Egyptian textile industry and market. the RE.ACT project represents a further step in the
In such context, The Egyptian Cotton project of With the support of Circle Economy expertise, a
UNIDO rolled out a denim recycling pilot, “RE.ACT” Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) and a business case development and design of high value recycling
to test market opportunities and technology have been conducted, in order to prove reduction of The Italian and Egyptian partners who, with Marzoli, solutions.
capacities for transitioning into circular economy environmental impacts of denim recycling and contributed to the realization of this project are: “Developing and adopting green technologies
models. economic benefit for industry stakeholder. • UNIDO and "The Egyptian Cotton project"
• T&C: Supply of post-industrial denim fabrics means for us at Marzoli to carefully balance
• Filmar: Spinning process economic with environmental sustainability.
Through activating a multi-stakeholder partnership The comparison with virgin cotton showed positive Circularity of fibers, thanks to fabrics regeneration, is
between Egypt and Italy, Marzoli teamed up and results for all the considered categories: water • Albini Group: Weaving and finishing creating a synergetic value chain among all the
shared knowledge, expertise, and technology to consumption, total energy demand and global • Marina Spadafora and Egyptian and Italian stakeholders. The new paradigm of a circular fiber
show the possibility of making recycling profitable warming potential. designers: Design and realization of the capsule supply chain will accelerate learning and
through trialling post-industrial denim waste collection development of know-how for all participating
transformation into NE 30/1 cotton yarns to create Moreover, the economic assessment sheds light on • Circle Economy: Conduction of LCA and business case stakeholders pushing innovation and opening up to
high-value knitwear and fabrics while adopting the attractive opportunity that bringing a recycled new potentials.” Points out Cristian Locatelli, General
on-the-rise circularity practices. cotton yarn value chain to life at scale in Egypt may In Marzoli, the team is focused on continuous manager of Marzoli.
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