Eric Roosen, owner of Star Sock, explains to Toby Webb how ocean waste can be regenerated into yarns for making socks. With a business selling over 25 million socks a year, Roosen outlines how the company’s exclusive Econyl yarn is made from recycling old fishing nets, and then used as part of the fibre mix in StarSock’s range of products. He also argues the case for better collaboration – pointing out how his own business could only develop once it had established effective links within both the waste industry and yarn spinning sector.
Weekly briefing: Managing food waste across the supply chain
Weekly podcast – Farmer voice: how brands and buyers can help smallholders and secure supply
Dyeing for change: decarbonising the textiles supply chain
Monday briefing: What to look for at Climate and SDG weeks
Weekly podcast – What good corporate data measurement looks like
Collaboration to drive progress on decarbonising apparel supply chains
The chemical recycling debate: is there a place for chemical recycling in a net zero and circular world?
Monday briefing: temperature check on progress towards achieving SDGs
Weekly podcast – Effective carbon market solutions: how Cambodia is tackling deforestation
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Monday briefing: charting a greener future during Zero Waste Week
Weekly podcast – Case study: how collaboration can deliver sustainability for the US pork sector
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Weekly podcast – Collaboration and finance innovation for apparel and textiles
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Monday briefing: innovative solutions at World Water Week
Weekly podcast – Climate action: collaboration that delivers apparel supply chain decarbonisation
Extending digital traceability beyond apparel supply chains
Monday briefing: what US Inflation Reduction Act progress one year on?
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