Alsico develops first finished garment made through fully circular process

Global workwear manufacturer, Alsico, have started celebrations after successfully developing its first finished garment made through a fully circular process.

At the start of the year, the Alsico academy – a team of the brand’s experts – were tasked with developing the most sustainable and comfortable fabrics possible.

This led to creating the closed loop solution in partnership with recycler Sixone to deliver the garment made from recycled materials.

The fabric developed this way has been tested and validated in line with the requirements of the market and according to the stringent performance requirements of Alsico.

Vincent Siau, head of the Alsico Academy, said: “Our ambition is to create a fully integrated, circular supply chain, where Alsico garments are collected, recycled and reborn as new Alsico products.

This process is incredibly important to ensure that we can keep wearers across a broad range of industries protected and comfortable everyday, while truly managing the impact of our solutions on the environment.”

“The successful creation of our first material and finished garment using the polyester chips from our partnership with Sixone is an enormous achievement, and one that confirms we can make circularity a standard in the textiles industry.”

The development of the garment falls under the brand’s ARX initiative, which encompasses all its efforts on rework, repair and care and recycling.

The programme includes Alsico’s sustainability targets, including phasing out virgin fossil fuel-based materials and achieving 90% preferred fibres across its product portfolio by 2040, with an interim target of 40% by 2030.