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PARIS, Aug 2 — To avoid incinerating two million pairs of jeans each year, Le Relais, known for collecting used clothing donations, has found a solution: transform them into thermal and acoustic insulation. Métisse, the first 100 per cent French, biosourced thermal insulation, has the added...

PARIS, Aug 2 — To avoid incinerating two million pairs of jeans each year, Le Relais, known for collecting used clothing donations, has found a solution: transform them into thermal and acoustic insulation.

ETX Studio presents “Protecting the planet one step at a time,” a regular feature in partnership with Every member of the French population throws away an average of 12kg of textiles each year. To reduce the amount of waste fabric requiring incineration, Le Métisse enables it to be converted into thermal and acoustic insulation that is biosourced and 100 per cent Made in France.

Environmentally-friendly, it provides thermal and acoustic insulation, which is more efficient than the mineral wool usually used for such purposes.In Bruay-la-Buissière in northern France, 450 young people involved in a scheme to get them back to work, beaver away amongst mountains of fabric bundles. Trucks arrive in rotation to drop off their loads.

 

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