October 7, 2007
Patagonia To Use 100% Recyclable Materials by 2010
Human-powered sports apparel company, Patagonia, has hired on an environmental specialist to look at operations and reduce the company’s carbon footprint.
Patagonia’s, signature material, is Capilene which is a recycled polyester. The shops have all instituted a shop-wide recycling program, called Common Threads, wherein the clothes made of Capilene, can at the ends of its shelf life, be returned to the store, and dropped off (for free) into their recycling bins. Patagonia will in turn recycle this clothing and make new sportswear from it. They have recently added organic cotton t-shirts, Polartec fleece, and Patagonia fleece to the list of recyclables.
Advantage: less virgin polyester (oil) is used. A good thing.
This is all part of the retailers goal of using 100% recycled materials by 2010. To find a Patagonia retailer near you, go to their find stores section.
Source: [Sundance - Green Channel, Episode on Sunday, 10/07/07]
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