Used garments are part of Kingwhale’s production set-up
Taiwan-based yarn, fabric and garment producer Kingwhale has successfully integrated recycled fibres from used clothing into its production set-up.
Company president, James Huang, said in recent comments that Kingwhale had begun to collect discarded garments and was using environmentally safe treatments to break them down and revive them as sustainable fibres.
He said the company was also working hard to make sure the fibres it uses to make its fabrics and finished garments are recyclable.
“We’ve long been proponents of a circular economy for apparel,” Mr Huang said, “so we’re working hard to develop innovative, recyclable fibres that can be regenerated into new materials over and over again, and thereby minimise the industry’s dependence on petroleum and other mined resources.”
Products resulting from these efforts will launch later this year, the company said.
Kingwhale has given a commitment to use 100% renewable electricity by 2040. On the road towards this, it generated nearly 850,000 kWh of energy from solar panels at its own facilities in 2020.
