Resortecs

Currently, less than 1% of all clothing produced is recycled, largely due to the high costs and complexity in separating different textile materials prior to recycling. Resortecs (REcycling, SORting, TEChnologieS) enables industrial-scale recycling in fashion thanks to two innovations: Smart Stitch™, a heat-dissolvable stitching thread and Smart Disassembly™, a thermal system capable of taking tons of clothes apart automatically.

Resortecs won numerous international awards. The company has already validated its solution with over 50 international textile players. The Smart Stitch™ has been used in collections such as ‘Genesis’ in collaboration with the American jeans brand Unspun and H&M’s capsule collection 'Circular Design Story’. Their latest launches include a summer capsule collection with Spanish giant Inditex (Bershka) and a circular ski jacket with the French Decathlon.

The jury on Resortecs:

The jury wishes to award the Ecodesign by OVAM Award to Resortecs, a company that has developed an innovative application for yarn reuse in the fashion industry. The company is seen as a role model in the application of ecodesign principles. Collaborations with international players have allowed Resortecs to achieve rapid progress. The jury believes in the company’s impact and growth and hopes that the design world will embrace their innovative developments as well.