# Cotton has a waste problem: This startup says it can solve it

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/cotton-has-a-waste-problem-this-startup-says-it-can-solve-it-3/
- Published: 2024-01-08T09:45:55-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image caption: Evrnu is partnering with U.K. fashion and textile innovator Pangaia to create recycled clothing made of denim — among the hardest-to-recycle versions of cotton. Image source: Evrnu. Article by Jesse Klein. GreenBiz – December 28, 2023. The emerging textile recycling industry will take another step forward in January when Seattle-based startup Evrnu breaks ground on a cotton recycling facility in South Carolina. The facility, which will run primarily on renewable energy and have the capacity to create the equivalent of 80,000 T-shirts every year from recycled cotton clothing, is scheduled to come online by the end of 2024. […] Click here to view original web page at www.greenbiz.com