Biodegradable fabrics, sustainable commitment of the textile sector

In 2021, Colombians spent $ 27.7 billion in fashion, 21% more than the same accumulated period of 2020 and 5% more than the same period of 2019, which represents important growth.

Taking these data into account, companies in the textile sector have decided to bet to be more friendly to the environment and find alternatives that captivate new clients not only national but international.

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Lafayette's proposal, at the Colombiatex Fair of the Americas, are the biodegradable fabrics that allow to reduce between 70 % and 90 % the process of decomposing garments that are discarded and ended in sanitary landfills.Now, a garment made with these fabrics would take only about three years to biodegrad.

"Every day the fashion market is more demanding and we hope with these fabrics to give more alternatives to our customers and maintain our sustainability line in all our products," said Hernando Arango, Lafayette business manager.

And he added that "the new collection of sustainable textiles with biodegradable threads is aimed at conscious marks of care to the environment and whose decision is to contribute to the improvement of the planet".

There are four products that cover the main sports uses.The first is a textile for t -shirts with skin -light skin, light and antibacterial protection.The second, a textile for t -shirts with elongation, with a cold touch and optimal comfort for the athlete, has rapid elongation and drying.The third, a legging of 280 grams of weight, without transparency.Finally, a flat fabric textile ideal for sweatshirts and pants with four -way elongation, allowing more comfort.The worldwide textile industry, of the 53 million tons of fiber that are produced for clothing, 73% end in a sanitary landfill.

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According to Inexmoda, the Colombian fashion market size will reach historical maximums of 29 billion pesos, 5% above 2021 figures.As for textile exports and clothing, 4% will be located at 791 million above 2021.

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In this way Colombia will continue to be one of the main fashion markets in Latin America, being the third most important market in terms of market size after Brazil and Mexico and the fifth main exporter of clothing in Latin America behind Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemalaand Peru.

En detalle

¿Qué es un textil biodegradable?

Which occurs 100% with biodegradable threads, which have the property of disintegrating and decomposing by the action of microorganisms found in nature.

¿Cómo funciona?

They carry a chemical solution in the polyester chip, which allows textile.

Se afecta la durabilidad del textil

The chemical component that is added to the thread does not affect the performance, the durability of technologies, nor the finishes of the textiles, because the decomposition process initiates once the garment reaches the landfill.

Compradores de Norte de Santander en Colombiatex

In this version, after the good moment that fashion lives, 200 comparators of Norte de Santander participate in Colombiatex de las Américas, the most important supplies fair in the country, with the expectations of finding the raw materials necessary for this season.

“Face -to -face fairs are being reactivated and that is important for our sector.Colombiatex marks the step not only at the business level, but of trends, ”said Ketty Lagado, director of the fashion industrial corporation of Norte de Santander (Corpomoda),

And he added: “Our entrepreneurs attend national buyers, they will meet with the largest supplies and most large suppliers in the country.You buy everything of the year to start production, this year you have great expectations for the sector ".

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