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24/08/2021 – Bio-based material for zippers

Textile recycling in one go

“Why not make the zipper out of the same material as the tape it’s attached to?,” wonders Gabriele Mosso, CEO of Nyguard, the Italian zipper manufacturer.

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Nyguard still occasionally produces zippers from plastic that is not biobased: “But the proportion of renewable raw materials is moving strongly toward 100 percent.” © Evonik

 
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Nyguard still occasionally produces zippers from plastic that is not biobased: “But the proportion of renewable raw materials is moving strongly toward 100 percent.” © Evonik

 
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The biobased plastic Vestamid Terra for zippers and fabric tape is produced from such castor seeds. © Nyguard

 
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