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Clothing Recycling Machines

The Clothing Extruder Creates a Cheap Way to Update Your Wardrobe

— August 22, 2010 — Eco
Clothing retailers beware -- the Clothing Extruder is coming for you. Designed by Liz McCarter for the Electrolux 2010 Design Competition, the Clothing Extruder is a machine that can recycle and create new clothing.

The Clothing Extruder works by using old clothing as the fabric for new clothing. You simply select the desired design on the screen and feed the machine the material. After you get tired of the clothing, you can reinsert it into the machine to use at a later time.

Check out the links provided to learn more about the Clothing Extruder. So long, retail therapy.
Trend Themes
1. Clothing Upcycling - The trend of upcycling old clothes to create new ones, using machines like the Clothing Extruder, offers disruptive innovation opportunities for sustainable fashion brands to increase profits while reducing waste.
2. Circular Economy - The Circular Economy trend, with the Clothing Extruder as an example, presents opportunities for multiple industries to optimize materials, reduce waste, and generate cost savings by reintroducing waste as raw material or using existing material for new products.
3. Sustainable Fashion - The trend of sustainable fashion, fueled by innovative technologies like Clothing Extruder, provides industries a chance to explore new business models with circular economy and green supply chain practices and meet consumer demands for eco-friendly products.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion Manufacturing - The Clothing Extruder presents an opportunity for fashion manufacturing companies to adopt circular economy principles and reduce material waste, leading to cost savings and added value for customers who value sustainability.
2. Waste Management - Waste management companies can leverage technologies like the Clothing Extruder and capitalize on the new demand for the circular economy to create new revenue streams through reusable waste materials.
3. Retail - The Clothing Extruder signifies the growing trend of sustainability in fashion, so retail companies will need to adopt circular economy principles to appeal to the eco-conscious consumer, potentially creating innovation opportunities for sustainable product lines and closed-loop supply chains.
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