RECYCLED

Patagonia has become quite famous for its recycled polyester clothes. They are successful to produce polyester garments using previously worn garments. They are renowned for world’s first garment recycling program –this encourages customers to bring their used clothing back for recycling. Patagonia encourages customers to bring in their used Capilene baselayer, Patagonia fleece or Polartec® fleece. The fabric of these items makes them suitable for recycling. Patagonia can create a new garment made from the recycled polyester.

How does the fabric recycling process work (process used in Patagonia):
The garments are cut into small pieces. Zippers and buttons are separated from the fabric.
The fabric is granulated and formed into small pellets.
The pellets are broken down to the molecular level and purified to produce raw material for polyester.
The raw material is polymerized and turned into polyester chips.
The chips are melted and spun into new filament fiber.
The fiber is used to make new polyester fabrics.

Waste becomes a source of new materials

Around 30% of garments in wardrobes isn’t worn for a year. In fact it is estimated that the average person throws away 32 kg (70 pounds) of clothing per year. That adds up to 1,7 billion kg (3.8 billion pounds) of unnecessary waste added to our land fils. Clothing and household textiles currently make up 5.2% of the waste in land falls. (source: SMART: Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles).

The production process of recycled yarn is much shorter in comparison to conventional yarn, saving 25 % blue water consumption, 27% energy consumption and reducing carbon footprint.

For smart, fashion conscious world citizens who want to express a creative mindset and support thoughtful goods.

Recycling is a key pillar of our sustainability strategy and serves to minimize our impact on the environment when manufacturing our products. We use fabrics with a recycled PET bottle content of 100%. Polyester is the main material of our bags. It is particularly suitable for our backpacks because it is light, tough, and easy to work with. The material can be created using crude oil, however the same quality can be achieved by recycling PET plastic bottles. And we decided for the eco-friendly way for the outer fabric of our bags.

We believe in smart solutions that look as good as they perform

Mission is to create the first generation of recycled products with the same attention to quality, design and technical properties as the best non-recycled products in the market.

100% of the materials used are sustainable and the vast majority are recycled.

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By reducing all the processes in supply chain, we ensure they are even more sustainable and also to achieve a lower environmental impact

No polybags are use in our packing and hangtags are made out of recycled paper.

We reuse the fabrics and make them useful again.

Last year, Adidas unveiled a concept sneaker made from 3D-printed recycled ocean waste. Now, it’s going on sale, with some 7,000 pairs to be made available in Adidas stores and from the company’s website in mid-November. Each pair will cost €200 ($220).
The sneakers are made in collaboration with Parley for the Oceans, an environmental group that wants to draw attention to pollution in the ocean. Each shoe’s upper (the part that goes over the top of the foot) is made from 5 percent recycled polyester and 95 percent waste plastic dredged from the ocean around the Maldives. Each pair of shoes contains 11 plastic bottles, and most of the rest of the sneaker (including the heel, lining, and laces) is also made from recycled material.
Each pair of sneakers is made from 11 recycled plastic bottles. Adidas
Although the original concept sneakers were 3D-printed, this part of the process seems to have been dropped for mass production. The recycled waste is still being turned into usable yarn, but Adidas isn’t saying how exactly, mentioning only "new technologies" used to "up-cycle marine plastic debris." The name of the shoe is the UltraBOOST Uncaged Parley: a reference to both the design’s environmental backers and the popular UltraBOOST range of light-weight running shoes.

qinqponq is a fresh brand bringing high quality backpacks and accessories to you. Since 2014 we offer intelligent products that combine design, function and sustainability in a unique way. pinqponq represents a new generation of lifestyle products featuring strong mixes of materials, original patterns and an unmatched attention to detail. pinqponq is for smart, fashion conscious world citizens who want to express a creative mindset and support thoughtful goods.

„Sustainability“ is a big word. And an even bigger promise to the future: our fabrics are 100% made of recycled PET bottles. We are a recognized bluesign® system partner – simply because we find the bluesign® approach to be the right one. It means keeping toxic chemicals completely out of the supply chain.