Under the EU-funded SwitchMed programme, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Swedish denim brand Nudie Jeans have since 2020 collaborated on a pilot project in Tunisia to demonstrate the viability of sourcing and reintroducing recycled textile fibers from second quality products into the fabrication of new jeans. A recently published report outlines how the pilot project managed to repurpose 6,530 pairs of…