Recycling
Lindex and BASF bring circular breakthrough to lingerie with Loopamid recycling push
The collaboration marks a strategic step in Lindex’s broader push to scale recycled inputs
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By ICN Bureau | May 21, 2026
Lindex has partnered with BASF’s loopamid® to accelerate textile-to-textile recycling. Photo: Lindex
Lindex has teamed up with BASF to push textile-to-textile recycling forward, bringing BASF’s loopamid into the lingerie sector and tightening the industry’s move toward circular materials.
The collaboration marks a strategic step in Lindex’s broader push to scale recycled inputs and cut reliance on virgin raw materials. Building on earlier progress in recycled cellulosic fibres, the company is now targeting innovation in polyamide—one of its key material categories in lingerie.
“As a major lingerie player, we have a clear responsibility and opportunity to drive change in this category. Polyamide is an important material category for Lindex, where our scale allows us to drive real impact.
"With loopamid, we are moving from ambition to action, advancing more circular solutions while supporting long-term, sustainable growth and reducing the use of virgin material. Progress at this level requires new technologies and close partnerships across the value chain, and BASF plays a key role in enabling this development,” said Anna-Karin Dahlberg, Chief Sustainability Officer at Lindex.
Developed by BASF, loopamid is a recycled polyamide 6 made entirely from textile waste, including post-industrial and post-consumer sources. It is designed to handle hard-to-recycle materials such as blended textiles while maintaining virgin-like quality and enabling multiple recycling loops.
“With loopamid, our goal is to fully close the loop for polyamide textiles. Working with Lindex allows us to actively shape the transformation towards a more circular fashion industry,” said Dag Wiebelhaus, head of innovation and project lead of loopamid at BASF’s Monomers division.
The first lingerie pieces using loopamid are planned for selected Lindex styles in early 2027. The partnership also supports Lindex’s wider target of ensuring that by the end of 2026, 100 per cent of its materials are recycled or sustainably sourced.
