Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-01244, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Mercier, Karine (Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for colleges, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les collèges, program purpose english : The textile and apparel industry are undergoing a seismic change in response to concern about their environmental and ethical impact. Recycling is no longer enough and the industry is now focused on finding innovation that will work within a Circular Economy - that is one where resources are kept in use for as long as possible._x000D_
These values are the roots of the apparel company Sitka which aim to offer their customer, garments made from natural fibres and most often organic cotton. In order to integrate the concept of circular economy into their product, Sitka would like to collaborate with CTT Group to identify potential solutions as well as partners to transform used cotton clothes into recycled cotton yarns for further use either in garments or in other applications._x000D_
Indeed, though cotton is the most abundantly produced natural fiber with an estimated 23.4 million tonnes expected to be produced in 2017/2018, it is not without controversy in regards with both environmental and social impact such as extensive water use and use of pesticides._x000D_
Therefore, Recycling Post Consumer Textiles (PCT), especially cotton ones, is attracting a great deal of interest from the apparel industry. A number of initiatives are emerging: these include Evrnu (US), Re:newcell (SE) and VTT Technical Research Centre (Finland) all at various stages of research and scaling up cotton regenerated yarns. _x000D_
The purpose of this project will be to establish a network of actors in Canada and demonstrate the feasibility of producing new cotton yarns from used cotton garments. _x000D_, program purpose french : The textile and apparel industry are undergoing a seismic change in response to concern about their environmental and ethical impact. Recycling is no longer enough and the industry is now focused on finding innovation that will work within a Circular Economy - that is one where resources are kept in use for as long as possible._x000D_
These values are the roots of the apparel company Sitka which aim to offer their customer, garments made from natural fibres and most often organic cotton. In order to integrate the concept of circular economy into their product, Sitka would like to collaborate with CTT Group to identify potential solutions as well as partners to transform used cotton clothes into recycled cotton yarns for further use either in garments or in other applications._x000D_
Indeed, though cotton is the most abundantly produced natural fiber with an estimated 23.4 million tonnes expected to be produced in 2017/2018, it is not without controversy in regards with both environmental and social impact such as extensive water use and use of pesticides._x000D_
Therefore, Recycling Post Consumer Textiles (PCT), especially cotton ones, is attracting a great deal of interest from the apparel industry. A number of initiatives are emerging: these include Evrnu (US), Re:newcell (SE) and VTT Technical Research Centre (Finland) all at various stages of research and scaling up cotton regenerated yarns. _x000D_
The purpose of this project will be to establish a network of actors in Canada and demonstrate the feasibility of producing new cotton yarns from used cotton garments. _x000D_, agreement title english : Development and characterization of recycled cotton yarns, agreement title french : Development and characterization of recycled cotton yarns, agreement number : CARD1, agreement value : 19850.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada