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Used shirts become nightwear thanks to Joseffa

Waste and pollution. Sibille Diederichs was well aware of the negative impact of the fashion industry on the environment when she founded Joseffa.

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Joseffa makes nightwear for women out of old men’s shirts. 95% of materials that Sibille Diederichs and her team use are of circular origin. With this, she wants to pave the way for other entrepreneurs in the textile industry to save water, reduce waste or get rid of insecticides.

Read more about circular economyThe circular economy is a restorative and regenerative economy. By maintaining the value of the products, materials and resources in the economy through smart product design, repurposing and/or shared use of products, it reduces the extraction of natural resources by using resources already present in the economy. on the website of the Public service of Wallonie.

This video was produced by the Public service of Wallonia.

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