A T-shirt, a dress or a coat made with freshly squeezed citrus scraps seems incredible, yet two young entrepreneurs from Catania, Adriana Santanocito and Enrica Arena, did it.
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Adriana Santanocito and Enrica Arena have given life to a fabric that allows you to reuse, in an innovative way, just the citrus waste to give life to eco-sustainable garments.

The project consists in extracting cellulose from citrus waste to produce a textile fiber alternative to oil. The waste from oranges, they lend themselves to the creation of this type of fibers and release the vitamins C, A and E on the skin.  

The idea of ​​the Santocito and the Arena has collected numerous awards: the first prize of the jury and the public of theIdeas 4 Change Award UNECE - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the first start-up competition organized byUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

Il award 'Il Talento delle Ideè within the Gaetano Marzotto award, Special Mention Working Capital-Telecom Italia in the Catania accelerator,Power2Talent for Parco Tecnologico Padano, among the ten of Changemakers for Expo 2015; the Biotechnology Award of the Padano Technological Park.