Another green push for Morocco’s textile industry: Morocco’s leading polyurethane foam and bedding brand Dolidol has launched its greenfield plastic recycling business Dolicen, a statement by Morocco’s Industry and Commerce Ministry read on Saturday. Dolicen will specialize in manufacturing PET products through polyethylene terephthalate.

What we know: With an investment value of MAD 200 mn, the plant aims to manufacture up to 12k tons of finished products and recycle over 600 mn PET bottles annually. Its production capacity would help fully meet 100% of Dolidol’s in-country needs, helping cut reliance on imported polyester. It is set to provide 100 direct and 1k indirect job opportunities, according to the statement.

Morocco has been making efforts to green its textile industry: The kingdom set up a MAD 1 bn textile recycling project partially powered by renewables with Portugal last month. The facility aims to recycle fabric waste from textile factories in the country, targeting a daily production capacity of 30 tons of textiles starting 2027. The project will help eliminate textile waste, which is estimated at 83.2k tons annually, an International Finance Corporation (IFC) report (pdf) showed, citing 2021 data from the UNIDO and SwitchMed. Most of the waste can be recycled through modern shredding lines, according to the study.