--- title: Renewcell Circulose: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 description: Find out why Renewcell Circulose is one of the best inventions of 2020. canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911418/renewcell-circulose/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-11-19T13:51:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:46:05.451Z og:title: Renewcell Circulose: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 og:description: Find out why Renewcell Circulose made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911418/renewcell-circulose/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36092df6758f7ae7/698a144c4ee262618b3181e5/best-inventions-of-2020-Circulose-5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Renewcell Circulose: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Renewcell Circulose: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 twitter:description: Find out why Renewcell Circulose made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36092df6758f7ae7/698a144c4ee262618b3181e5/best-inventions-of-2020-Circulose-5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 19, 2020 # Clothes Made Out of Clothes Renewcell Circulose by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  Alexander Donka Alexander DonkaCourtesy Each year, some 85% of all textiles are sent to landfills. Sweden-based Renewcell is tackling that problem with [Circulose](https://circulo.se/), a natural and biodegradable raw material made by recovering cotton from worn-out clothes. The process—powered by renewable energy—uses eco-friendly chemicals to break down and strip color from incoming fabrics that might otherwise be discarded. Then, synthetic fibers are removed, leaving behind a sheet of cellulose pulp, which can be turned into like-new textile fibers that are ready to be woven into fresh fabric. In the spring, H&M became the first retailer to sell clothes made from Circulose fabric, with Levi’s following close behind. _—Megan McCluskey_ **Buy now:** [Renewcell Circulose](https://www.levi.com/US/en%5FUS/levis-wellthread/c/levi%5Fclothing%5Fwellthread%5Fus) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911418/renewcell-circulose/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911418/renewcell-circulose/"},"headline":"Clothes Made Out of Clothes","datePublished":"2020-11-19T13:51:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:46:05.451Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911418/renewcell-circulose/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36092df6758f7ae7/698a144c4ee262618b3181e5/best-inventions-of-2020-Circulose-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36092df6758f7ae7/698a144c4ee262618b3181e5/best-inventions-of-2020-Circulose-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911418/renewcell-circulose/","name":"Clothes Made Out of Clothes"}}]}] ```