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In northern France, a company is recycling millions of discarded jeans into insulation panels designed to protect buildings from cold and heat. The material has already been used in some of the country's best-known buildings, showing a practical way to give denim waste a second life in construction.
French factory turns millions of old jeans into insulation
French factory turns millions of old jeans into insulation

23.10.2026

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