LanzaTech and ZARA join forces to launch a collection with low carbon polyester yarn


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LanzaTech has announced a collaboration with Inditex that led to the design of a capsule collection for the retail group’s largest brand (ZARA) that incorporates fabric made with carbon emissions, avoiding their emission into the atmosphere.
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Figure 1. Lanzatech and ZARA join forces to launch a collection with low carbon polyester yarn (taken from the ZARA website)

LanzaTech’s biological process captures and converts steel mill emissions that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. LanzaTech recycles the emissions into Lanzanol (ethanol) through a fermentation process. The Lanzanol is then converted into low carbon monoethylene glycol by the company India Glycols Limited which is then converted into low carbon polyester yarn by Far Eastern New Century (FENC). The final PET contains 20% MEG (Monoethylene Glycol) made from recycled carbon emissions and 80% PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid). This yarn has been used to make fabric for a ZARA capsule collection of party dresses.

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