4000kg of discarded fishing nets recovered from Italian waters by Healthy Seas initiative with Ghost Fishing volunteer divers Ghost fishing nets account for 10% of the total plastic waste in our seas Textile manufacturer Aquafil transforms collected oceanic and landfill waste into sustainable textiles Gucci, Richard Malone and Adidas among hundreds of other brands who […]

Milan, September 23, 2018 – Aquafil renewed its partnership with the Green Carpet Fashion Awards Italia and took part at the event’s second edition with a magical green carpet. The event, organized by Eco-Age with the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, the Italian Trade Agency and the Comune di Milano, has a […]

In the US some call him the King of Rugs. His name is Michael Christie, and he is a leading American carpet journalist, blogger of ‘The Ruggist’ and, since the Fall of 2017, Editor of Rug Insider. He was also a speaker during the panel discussion at Domotex 2018 about trends in interior design. Last week we had the […]

Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy approved the AquafilCRO’s project of a photovoltaic power station worth 2.27 million € with a 1.435 million € subvention. 9.200 photovoltaic modules, which are going cover the Croatian plant’s roof are estimated to produce2.602.192 kWh/year. The electricity produced by the rooftop photovoltaic system will represent 8,65 % of […]

Last night we were at the CFDA Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York with a fancy carpet made by ege with our ECONYL® regenerated nylon. The carpet was not actually a red one, but rather a customized carpet with black and white stripes. Lot of celebrities were welcomed into the Museum walking on our ECONYL® carpet and […]

Abandoned fishing nets and old carpets are just a few examples of the waste that are used to produce ECONYL® yarn, a top-quality regenerated nylon fiber, used by groundbreaking carpet manufacturers who make sustainability one of the pillars of their business. Radici Carpet chose ECONYL® yarn for their sophisticated luxury rugs and for their special […]