Apparel group Inditex and chemicals producer BASF have announced a new version of polyamide 6 (PA6), made 100% from textile waste.

Inditex’s biggest fashion brand, Zara, has used the new fibre, called Loopamid, to create a jacket and is already making the product available to customers worldwide. Zara said it had used a “design-for-recycling” approach and that all parts of the jacket, fabric, buttons, filling, hook-and-loop closures and zip, are constructed from Loopamid. 

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