Recycling programmes still at the core for Ternua
13/01/2020
It launched Redcycle in 2016. It involves working with the fishing industry in its home province, Gipuzkoa, to reuse discarded fishing nets. It works with fibre manufacturer Aquafil to transform these fishing nets into Econyl nylon 6, which Ternua then uses to make new garments. So far, Redcycle has led to the collection and transformation of 12 tonnes of fishing nets for transformation into Econyl.
In Ternua’s autumn-winter 2020-2021 collection, there are 11 Redcycle garments. These include Protech pants, a new mountain ski suit from the Adrenalite range and a new SavetheWhales backpack.
After Redcycle, Ternua launched the Nutcycle project in 2018, which involves collecting 500 kilos of walnut shells from specialist cider bars and restaurants in Gipuzkoa to transform them into a natural dye. This development is a joint project with Archroma. Ternua has announced a new name for garments that use dye derived from the walnuts, Colorcycle. Six garments in the latest collection will carry the Colorcycle label.
Finally, this year Ternua is presenting Seacycle. For this initiative, the brand has collaborated with AZTI-Tecnalia, the Basque Government (IHOBE), EKO-REC and Seaqual. Three fishing boats have collected plastic waste from the Basque coast that Ternua has then turned into outdoor garments. The resulting garments contain 30% plastic fibre collected from the sea and 70% plastic fibre from domestic recycling. In Ternua’s next collection there will be four shirts from this project.
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