INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS - FASHION SECTOR: CHIENGORA STARTUP – TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

The project is related to “the industrial symbiosis for the National circular economy strategy” and comes from the increasingly current need to bring the textile market closer to sustainability. The idea is based on the use of canine undercoat also called "Chiengora" to create wovens. This type of waste is generated naturally with the dogs brushing and allows the creation of knitwear and clothing fabrics. Obtaining the raw material is the project keypoint, to be able to create a network of highly relevant and branched agreements to better optimize the collection of Chiengora waste through pet shops, breeders and dog owners. The goal is to create an app that can interface with suppliers that can report the achievement of a certain quantity, and customers who can easily purchase the items and products available. The project starts from the transformation process, from the raw material to the final product, with the possibility of being able to create different finenesses, up to the 24 thousand count, obtaining different fabrics and knits.