Re-Born Global, Israel’s first platform for a circular economy in textiles, has launched Re-Born Textiles, the first circular management system for textile waste. Israel is committed to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals agenda put forth by the United Nations. Further, it includes promoting and advancing a circular economy, sustainable cities, responsible consumption and production, and climate action.
Nearly 100 women in the country have taken a professional class to learn about the fashion industry’s challenges, textile sorting and management, and secondhand marketing. With the overall fashion industry responsible for 10 percent of global carbon emissions, the need for change and innovative solutions is imminent. Co-founders Revital Nadiv and Viktoria Kanar decided to combine innovation and sustainable thinking to create an urban solution for textile waste that mostly goes to landfills, incineration, or shipped to other continents.
German Ambassador Dr. Susanne Wasum-Rainer said, “promoting sustainability and a greener economy to mitigate climate change is one of Germany’s European Union council president’s core priorities. We believe that the current health crisis holds an enormous opportunity to change things towards increased sustainability, including improving the textile industry’s waste management. Moreover, we felt that the Re-Born project, also regarding its social element, was more than needed, and it is our pleasure to join the initiative’s efforts to make the world a little greener.”
Re-Born Textiles, the flagship project of Re-Fresh Global, offers solutions based on a three-pillar system: waste clothes in new/almost new condition are returned to retail for Re-Use; discarded clothes and textiles are upcycled into new textile products with the help of Re-Make Technology; and clothes and textiles are recycled and used for other industries, such as construction and the automobile industry as Recycled.
