Patagonia as a leader manufacturer of recycled polyester fleece garments estimates that 25 soda bottles go into one jacket from the fabric.
The process of making recycled polyester from plastic soda bottles is the following: drawing and crimping, spinning into yam, dyeing, knitting, napping and shearing, finishing.
Since the invention of the recycled polyester each company aims towards making the recycling process more economically efficient and aims towards lessening the dependence on petroleum as a source of raw material.
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6. Wear Patagonia Trucker Hat- Join The Global Footprint Network
Therefore as buyers, by buying clothes that are made on the most natural way, with organic fibers only than we are going to be able to join The Global Footprint Network.
By joining the Global Footprint Network we are joining the Footprint Movement which is nowadays used by scientists, businesses, governments, individuals and institutions that are working together in monitor the ecological resource use and the development of sustainability.
