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Patagonia announces major expansion of garment recycling program
29 Jan '07
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Since the launch of the Common Threads Recycling Program in September 2005, Patagonia has collected over 1000 pounds of used Capilene baselayers to be recycled into new garments.
The company's goal of taking responsibility for their products has not only diverted over 1000 pounds of garments from landfills and incineration, but has decreased Patagonia's reliance on virgin resources such as petroleum. With the addition of competitor's Polartec- branded garments, Patagonia fleece and Patagonia cotton tees -- the company is truly expanding on the concept of recycling.
"With the expansion of our Common Threads Recycling Program we'll effectively be recycling our competitors' garments into Patagonia clothing," noted Rick Ridgeway, Patagonia's vice president of environmental initiatives, "what a unique, environmentally-sensitive way to supply our own supply chain!"
Research shows that the environmental impact of using worn-out fleece and polyester garments to make new fiber is significantly lower than making that same fiber from virgin materials. Making new polyester fiber from used garments, which have been mailed from customers to Patagonia, results in an energy savings of 76 percent and a CO2 emissions [greenhouse gasses] reduction of 71 percent, versus creating that fiber from new raw material.
The company's goal of taking responsibility for their products has not only diverted over 1000 pounds of garments from landfills and incineration, but has decreased Patagonia's reliance on virgin resources such as petroleum. With the addition of competitor's Polartec- branded garments, Patagonia fleece and Patagonia cotton tees -- the company is truly expanding on the concept of recycling.
"With the expansion of our Common Threads Recycling Program we'll effectively be recycling our competitors' garments into Patagonia clothing," noted Rick Ridgeway, Patagonia's vice president of environmental initiatives, "what a unique, environmentally-sensitive way to supply our own supply chain!"
Research shows that the environmental impact of using worn-out fleece and polyester garments to make new fiber is significantly lower than making that same fiber from virgin materials. Making new polyester fiber from used garments, which have been mailed from customers to Patagonia, results in an energy savings of 76 percent and a CO2 emissions [greenhouse gasses] reduction of 71 percent, versus creating that fiber from new raw material.
Patagonia Inc
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