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Crocus: innovation with textile waste
"The launch of Crocus coincided with the pandemic, presenting unique challenges. 'The organization was key,' they tell us. 'We divided tasks and made the most of the available time.' The lack of capital was another obstacle, but they overcame it by producing and selling their first products. Their participation in the Expo Uruguay Sostenible 2023 provided them with visibility and access to funding from ANDE and ANII, allowing them to advance their research with a focus on developing acoustic panels."
CROCUS transforms textile waste from factories and workshops into rigid panels of various thicknesses.
"We are concerned that the textile industry is at the top of the list of the most polluting industries on the planet, and as designers, it is our responsibility to seek pathways that provide solutions to problems like this."
Future designers are researching textile waste and eggshells to create sustainable objects
"They conducted research to implement a project 'focused on the three Rs' (reduce, recycle, reuse): they called it Crocus. Aware of the pollution generated by the industry, they decided to try transforming textile waste into rigid structures as a result of a competition two years ago."
