NEWARK – Material science company W. L. Gore has partnered with textile collection and upcycling business Bionic Yarns in a bid to streamline its operational infrastructure and develop more sustainable, high-performance fabrics.
Gore recently made an equity investment in Bionic to accelerate the firm’s work, which at present centres on developing a robust material recovery, processing and conversion supply chain within Costa Rica, where it executes beach clean-ups.
“Through this collaboration, the team has worked to expand the infrastructure and scale the operation to increase the volume of materials collected as well as establish an end-to-end supply chain to process and upcycle the collected waste into high-quality yarns and textiles,” Gore’s Amy Calhoun tells us.
