Bebiana Rocha
On the way to sustainability, Lanidor started to incorporate Ecotec yarn – produced from textile waste, pre and post consumption clothing or plastic bottles – into its knits. A change that will allow the Portuguese brand to save almost half of the water used until now in the manufacture of its knits.
The yarn makes it possible to save “48% of water, 57% of energy, 43% of value and 38% of total resource consumption” in the production process, explains the brand on its official website. The company also notes that more than 50% of the knitwear sold is produced in Portugal.
Recently, the company has taken other measures toward a more sustainable path, starting with the use of solar energy to power the production process. The energy is produced in the company’s industrial park, thanks to the 650 solar panels installed in 2021, which save “more than 80 tons of CO2 per year”, adds the company.