UK threadmaker Coats recently presented EcoCycle, a circularity-minded line of water-soluble threads designed to dissolve at 95 degrees Celsius in an industrial washing machine.

The idea is that washed articles may then be disassembled more speedily by simply being pulled apart before being sorted for recycling, Coats said. It highlighted the need for brands to “build in the right threads” at the very beginning of the design stage, if they are serious about helping to facilitate a circular economy.

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