Winston Salem - Activewear giant Hanesbrands has introduced a new variant for its Champion Athleticwear brand using Ciclo technology, which allows synthetic textiles to behave more like natural fibres when they enter the environment.
Ciclo was developed by Silicon Valley startup Intrinsic Advanced Materials and leading US yarn and fibre manufacturer Parkdale Advance Materials.
It is used to create biodegradable ‘spots’ in the polymer matrix, where naturally-occurring microbes in certain environments can break down the plastics just as they do with natural fibres.
