Turkish denim mill Orta Anadolu has created its first collection dyed with Archroma’s FiberColors dyes, made with a minimum of 50% wool waste – the fleeces that sheep farmers would otherwise pay to dispose of.

The dyes deliver the same dyeing and fastness performance as conventional sulfur dyes and are GOTS approved. 

Following a successful trial last year, Orta selected a brown, blue-grey and a dark grey for its debut collection. 

Sebla Onder, marketing and sustainability manager of Orta, said: “We are demonstrating that the circular economy is commercially viable today – upcycling waste streams to solve a problem for sheep farmers while creating denim garments that can themselves be safely recycled and even composted at end of life.” 

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