UNIQLO Collecting old down feathers and selling recycled products September 17, 17:57
As the apparel industry demands environmentally friendly efforts, UNIQLO has decided to collect the feathers of old down jackets and recycle them into new products.
We held a recital in Tokyo on the 17th, and showed off a down jacket using recycled feathers that will be on sale from November.
In the apparel industry, while a large number of new products are introduced to the market every season, more environmentally friendly efforts are required, such as the disposal of unsold products and old clothing.
UNIQLO has realized mass production of recycled products by incorporating a new technology that automatically cuts old down jackets collected from customers and removes feathers in a short time.
UNIQLO's Fast Retailing's Masahiro Endo said, "Consumers' interest in a sustainable society is growing with the spread of the new coronavirus infection. We would like to increase the number of recycled products in the future." Was there.
Efforts to recycle clothing include:
▽ Major trading company Itochu sells polyester fabrics taken from old clothes to apparel makers, and
▽ Marubeni invests in an American company with fiber recycling technology. Various measures have begun, such as.