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Ecocitex company was born in 2020, as a means of industrially recovering textiles in poor condition received by the second-hand textile company Travieso. In September 2019, that company, created by Rosario Hevia and Daniela Ehijo, had more than 400 kilograms of clothes in poor condition, and
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machinery, Rosario Hevia tried to create a yarn from these clothes, and succeeded in making it and then in selling it in the
Travieso shop. Rosario Hevia and four other partners then bought the spinning factory, which was bankrupt, and created Ecocitex. Rosario Hevia became its general manager.
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Ecocitex receives all types of clothing, which is then sorted: those in good condition are sold or given away, those in poor condition are transformed into hats or accessories and those in very poor condition are used for recycling. These are sorted again, this time by color, cut into pieces,
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The company sells clothing in good condition as well as transformed clothing and recycled yarn. Ecocitex is loss-making during its first three years of operation. In 2021, the general manager indicated that the company “receives more clothes than it recycles and recycles more than it sells”.
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In June 2023, a fire affected the factory, and the company lost nine of its machines, the entire inventory as well as the store, all located in the commune of
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and accessories created from second-hand clothes in poor condition, and produces and sells recycled yarn from second-hand clothes in poor condition.
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The company employs women prisoners and people in social reintegration for part of the process, and works for this with the
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In 2023, the company indicated that it recycled 4 tonnes of clothing per month but had a capacity of 20 tonnes.
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In 2023, the company made three months of profits, but the partners still do not receive a salary.
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