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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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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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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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Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose with Rethink Fabrics Kashi’s Bear Naked Granola has a REDUCE REUSE REPURPOSE SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING PROJECT utilizing Rethink Fabrics. We created a t-shirt for program. Consumers of the Bear Naked Granola can send in the wrappers in exchange for recycled products by the company including a recycled bottle t-shirt, Terracycle product and more. Check
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