Awards Uruguay Circular y Arenas#20

These awards provide us with support and guidance to move forward in commercial validation and take new steps toward the future.

Year 2025_Expansion

With steady steps and our eyes set on the future, we continue turning ideas into action and challenges into new possibilities.

Each achievement fuels our drive to go further with the determination to grow, create, and pave paths that inspire others.

We uphold our vision through consistent work, where innovation, design, and creativity come together to shape what’s next.

The story continues and the best is still unfolding.

Expo Uruguay Sostenible 2025

A new year to showcase our progress, completed technical validations, and the next steps to take.

Crocus: Innovation with Textile Waste. 2

Imagine opening a box full of discarded clothes and, instead of feeling overwhelmed by the amount of textile waste, seeing a brilliant opportunity.

Year 2024_Recognitions

Crocus: Innovation with Textile Waste. 1

Expo Uruguay Sostenible 2024

Two Uruguayan women have found an eco-friendly way to harden textile waste materials and are researching their application as...

This year, our participation marked a leap toward the technical validation of the new material; recognized by ANDE and ANII from a more technical perspective.

They make construction panels from fabric scraps...

They never imagined they could do so much with discarded clothing, and now they are in the process of validating their business model and making it a reality.

Crossed Sustainability

Used clothing can become construction material, preventing it from ending up in large landfills that pollute soils and oceans.

Crocus, sustainable design

Innovation and sustainability in transforming textile waste.
Though it may sound incredible, at Crocus we are researching this...

Uruguay Circular Award 2024: Organizations and...

The circular economy is a paradigm that promotes the sustainable production of goods and services by reducing consumption, time...

The awards were presented Uruguay Circular

2024 Edition of the Award Uruguay Circular...

Organizations and companies were recognized for their contribution to the transition toward a circular economy model and the sustainable production...

The reuse of scraps for uniform making, silobag recycling, and the management of electrical and electronic waste...

Modular Manufacturing of Acoustic and Thermal System

Crocus is an innovative initiative aimed at addressing one of today’s biggest challenges: textile pollution.

Year 2023_Technical Validations

Expo Uruguay Sostenible 2023

Sustainable displays for entrepreneurs.

We participated with a booth showcasing the early steps of our project. This year, we offered a textile design workshop for children.

We design and produce displays made from recycled cardboard, bringing our circular approach to a leading sustainable fashion event.

Future Designers Research with Textile Waste.

Regarding the textile panels, we continue researching what other types of uses we can provide. For this, we carry out all kinds of...

Year 2022_Create New Objects

Crocus transforms textile waste from factories and workshops...

We are part of the
Sustainable Directory of Latin America.

Encouraged by a 2021 competition, industrial designers Macarena Bravo and Mariana Paredes began researching how to transform textile waste and clothing into...

We are part of the repository that gathers projects and ventures recognized for their commitment to sustainability in the region.

Year 2021_The Beginning

Virtual Event
Maderas 21 Chile

Industrial Design Competition

Wood Week is a meeting point for fields such as architecture, design, engineering, innovation, and entrepreneurship leaders from LATAM.

We participated as Cafeto, presenting a collection of five products designed to create a relaxation corner during the pandemic.

Entrepreneurs with Purpose.

The Cafeto experience began as a response to the COVID-19 health emergency declaration. The stress and anxiety caused among the population...