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I just read a great article by Steven Cristol titled “Is Your Brand’s Sustainability Really Worth Talking About?” In this article Mr. Cristol lays out several useful points about the communication of sustainability and discusses the difference between a brands reality and perception. We are in the early stages of planning new products for 2013
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Check out RETH?NK in Business Week! http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-20/garbage-fashion-t-shirts-made-from-recycled-bottles
Have you heard of the Eco Index? The Eco Index was created by the Apparel Coalition and has the potential to significantly change what kind of products consumers buy with an intricate rating system. This is the result of over 100 companies working together for one goal. That goal is to give consumers the opportunity
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Happy World Oceans Day! To celebrate you should check out Plastiki (http://www.theplastiki.com/), a project which incorporated the upcycling of plastic bottles into a boat! We always say why not recycle your bottles instead of just throwing them away in order to make RETH?NK t-shirts but could you have ever imagined you could sail across the
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Rethink Fabric’s Owner, Jay McLoughlin was featured on New Day Seattle Morning Show on Monday. Jay showed the audience some of the new apparel made of recycled polyester and talked about Rethink Fabric’s commitment to a sustainable world. Jay announced the Rethink Circle, a program that Rethink Fabrics will be launching soon to not only
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The Coalition of Apparel Industry Leaders have announced today a metric system to improve Apparel Sustainability. Rethink Fabric team members are taking part on the committee. Here is the release: APPAREL INDUSTRY LEADERS LAUNCH SUSTAINABLE APPAREL COALITION Coalition to set Common Metrics and Standards to Improve Apparel Sustainability VENTURA, CA – March 1, 2011 –
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Danish sports and lifestyle brand Hummel International launched a new collection made out of recycled plastics. Last year, Hummel partnered with Rethink Fabrics to collect throw-away plastic on the Black Eyed Peas World Tour to bring awareness of our worldwide challenge with plastic pollution. There was enough plastic material collected on the tour to produce
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Rethink Fabrics supported a charity event to raise awareness for green education nationwide. RETHINK: GREEN ART EXHIBITION & CHARITY EVENT took place on Saturday, November 6th in Culver City California. The event was a beautiful gathering of star-studded attendees came together for a night of good cheer and to raise awareness for green education nationwide.
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Cotton pricing has been on the rise due to the shortage of Cotton worlwide due to to prolonged drought. (Can you say global warming!) US retailers will have to pay more for apparel next year. This is a great time to consider recycled fabrics – recycled polyester. Here’s the facts: 1. Of the synthetic fibers, RPET
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