Mango replaces the plastic bags with which it used to package its garments with eco-friendly tissue paper

A nice initiative by Mango , a company active in the fashion field that meets the needs of environmental protection by replacing the plastic bags it uses for packaging clothing with others made from eco-friendly tissue paper. Maria Teresa Veneziani tells us this beautiful story in an article in Corriere della Sera.

The road is marked and the Covid emergency has made everyone understand that there is no more time, we need to rethink a development project. Mango, the Spanish democratic fashion chain, announces that it will eliminate the use of 160 million plastic bags per year in its supply chain.

The company starts replacing plastic bags with paper ones in the local production of folded garments. «The company continues its commitment to sustainability, one of its main strategic axes, and launches a project to replace the plastic bags in its packaging with paper bags, becoming the first large company in the textile sector in Spain to do so », we read in a statement.

The objective of the brand founded in Barcelona, Spain in 1984 by two Spanish brothers of Turkish origin, Isak Andic and Nahman Andicè , is to progressively eliminate, in collaboration with its suppliers, all plastic bags used for the distribution of products along the supply chain.

Tissue paper

«The bags that will be used are made of tissue paper, a material made of natural cellulose pulp from renewable sources - assures the company -. In fact, the paper comes from sustainably managed forests, where felling practices are certified according to the requirements of the international FSC® ( Forest Stewardship Council® ) standards. This also contributes to a circular economy as paper products can be recycled four to six times on average."

The road is marked and the Covid emergency has made everyone understand that there is no more time, we need to rethink a development project.

Mango , the Spanish democratic fashion chain, announces that it will eliminate the use of 160 million plastic bags per year in its supply chain. The company starts replacing plastic bags with paper ones in the local production of folded garments.

«The company continues its commitment to sustainability, one of its main strategic axes, and launches a project to replace the plastic bags in its packaging with paper bags, becoming the first large company in the textile sector in Spain to do so », we read in a statement.

The objective of the brand founded in Barcelona, Spain in 1984 by two Spanish brothers of Turkish origin, Isak Andic and Nahman Andicè, is to progressively eliminate, in collaboration with its suppliers, all plastic bags used for the distribution of products along the supply chain.

Pilot test

The project will initially be launched in local production for folded garments and on the online channel, following the success of the three pilot tests carried out by the company in Morocco, China and Turkey.

The goal is for the new project to be applied to all garments by the end of 2021. According to Toni Ruiz, CEO of Mango, «This is a large-scale project, which will have a very positive impact on the environment, as thanks to its implementation we will eliminate approximately 160 million plastic bags every year.

The production of more environmentally friendly fashion aims at the sustainable transformation of the company."

Fashion Pact

The project is part of the Fashion Pact, a global coalition that aims to promote environmental sustainability in the textile and fashion sector, which the company joined in 2019.

This global pact commits all signatories to work together to minimize the environmental impact of the textile and fashion industry by focusing on three pillars: combating climate change, preserving biodiversity and protecting the oceans.

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