LAURA VICARIA

(06) CSR MANAGER, MUD JEANS

Currently, cotton is one of the most environmentally expensive steps in the production of jeans. This is true even when you use organic cotton. Therefore, further reducing or eliminating our dependency on this raw material could have a significant positive impact. MUD Jeans is currently working on a project called the Road to 100. In collaboration with Circle Economy, Saxion University, and Recover, the objective is to create a pair of jeans that is 100% made from post-consumer recycled cotton. Through this project, we aim to tackle the short fiber issue: standard mechanical recycling blends recycled cotton into yarn that is used to make new jeans, but the cotton is shredded in such a way that the resulting fibers are too short. We are resolving this by mixing two recycling techniques: molecular and mechanical. Through this combination, we aim to maintain the look and feel of jeans while eliminating the use of virgin organic cotton entirely.