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A Zara First: Zara dropped its first collection with Circ, the brand’s first capsule using recycled poly-cotton blends after parent company Inditex invested within the fiber-to-fiber recycling company in July. Circ’s tech tackles the long-standing problem of recycling poly-cotton blends. It’s the one platform to successfully separate poly-cotton blended textile waste and get better each cellulosic cotton and artificial polyester. It then turns them into latest fibers and textiles. The corporate goals to scale back the necessity for virgin textiles in the provision chain. Currently, just one percent of poly-cotton blends are recycled. Zara’s Circ capsule features 4 pieces — a brief, a halter top, a shirt and wide-legged trousers — using lyocell made from 50 percent recycled poly-cotton, and polyester made with...