5 brands that recycle waste materials to produce new garments Recycling marble dust, agricultural waste and vintage denim

In recent years, brands' push for environmental sustainability has been through the creative reuse of objects that previously had a completely different function (upcycling) or through the transformation of waste materials into completely new garments (recycling). If Maison Margiela has widely distinguished itself - and in times not suspected - as an example of the first procedure, the entrepreneurial ideas of the founders of some virtuous brands have succeeded in transforming the most distant waste materials from the textile world into environmentally friendly trainers and sweatshirts. 

The marble of Fili Pari

In the middle ground between recycling and upcycling is RE/DONE. Founded in 2014 with the intention of giving new life to vintage denim, the brand over the years has distinguished itself by launching sustainable collaborations that revitalise the archives of certain historical brands, as happened with the recycled cotton knit produced with Hanes. Since its foundation, RE / DONE has collected more than 145,000 pieces of second-hand or landfill-bound Levi's clothing, stripped them down and reassembled them according to new designs, allowing them to adapt to new trends and to be given new life.