U.S. based textile recycling company Circ has secured support from the French government and the European Union to establish the world’s first industrial-scale facility capable of recycling polycotton, a blend of polyester and cotton at Saint-Avold in northeastern France. The project, with a
Eightyards GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the HUGO BOSS Group, officially commenced business operations. Based in Metzingen, the new venture enables HUGO BOSS to repurpose its surplus materials, giving them a new lease of life. Eightyards operates across three core business areas: reselling, reusing, and re-, up-, and downcycling the Group’s surplus textiles for













