We use polyester to add stability to the hoodies. We exclusively use recycled polyester from used PET bottles.
There is no doubt that the fight against plastic waste has become one of the greatest environmental challenges of our times: globally, about 9.5 million tons of this material are dumped into the oceans annually, mostly single-use plastics.
Recycled polyester allows us to save a considerable amount of energy during the manufacturing process compared to non-recycled polyester. As with organic cotton, we aim to establish full traceability of our recycled polyester, including the provenance of PET bottles. Otherwise, these bottles, which mostly come from China, would end up in a landfill or in our oceans.
Process:
The PET bottles are cleaned and cut into pieces.
These pieces are then transformed into pellets which, later, through a blowing process, become polyester fibre.
Polyester fiber is woven to form a thread with which durable and breathable fabrics will be made.