TUNISIAN INVESTMENT AND INITIATIVES AFFECTING DENIM AND KNITWEAR AIMS TO BOOST ‘CIRCULAR ECONOMY’ SUSTAINABILITY

Denim companies in Tunisia are pushing forward to create a sustainable circular economy segment, making high quality jeans from recycled fabrics. The work is being encouraged by a European Union (EU) funded regional resource efficiency initiative called SwitchMed, which is led by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). A SwitchMed sub-regional coordinator for Tunisia and Morocco, Antonino Trimarchi, told just-style that this programme, which began in 2013/14, is now moving into its phase three which is to build real circular ...


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