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Recycled synthetics

Synthetic fabrics such as Polyamide, Polyester, Elastane or Nylon are produced from petroleum. The product of non-renewable petrochemicals, created in a process that is energy-intensive and contributes significantly to emissions and chemical pollution, synthetic materials have flooded fashion since the 70’s and propelled the growth of disposable fashion due to their low cost. Synthetic fibers are problematic for several reasons. Their creation is polluting, they do not biodegrade and lack generally available recycling solutions. As a result, the majority of synthetic textiles end up in landfill or incineration, where they continue to pollute the environment.

Recycled synthetics, are synthetic materials that are derived from waste plastic. While still a man-made material that will not biodegrade, these recycled alternatives are developed from plastics that already exist in the world. Notably however, most recycled synthetics are from recycled PET (plastic bottles), not from clothing-to-clothing recycling. Globally, it's estimated that less than 1% of collected clothing is recycled into new clothing, where clothing made from natural fibers is more easily recycled into new fibers than clothing from synthetic fibers.

We work only selectively with synthetic fibers, half of which are recycled recycled synthetic materials. In 2025 we're taking delivery of the last garments with synthetic main materials, limiting the use of synthetics to secondary yarns for stretch and reinforcement purposes only.

Origin

Korea, Spain, China

Quality

Nylon, Elastane, PET

Certificates

GRS