Material information
In close cooperation with Recover we have made a yarn containing 70% old no longer wearable garments that otherwise would have gone to incineraton! This yarn is a combination of the ReBlend focus to create possibilities to keep post consumer blended cotton waste in the loop and the knowledge & expertise of the Recover Upcycled textile system to recycle pre-consumer cutting waste.
Below a detailed description of the yarn composition:
| Anthracite grey | 70% from sorted multi color garments. 30% black rPET |
| Lavender blue | 50% sorted jeans, 20% sorted white garments.30% colored rPET |
| Ivory white | 70% white sorted garment. 10% colorless rPET, 20% colored rPET |
| Oro/ gold | 40% sorted white garments, 30% yellow/orange cutting waste. (garments will be sorted on yellow/orange next time). 30% colored rPET" |
| NB. Coloring of rPET with minimal amount of Oeko-tex certified coloring. |
Composition of the sourced garments:
| White sorted garments | 87,5% cotton | 10,2% polyester | 2,2% others |
| Multi color garments | 85,9% cotton | 10,2% polyester | 3,8% others |
| Denim | 86,4% cotton | 9,4% polyester | 4,2% others |
This gives the following new composition:
| Recycled cotton | Recycled polyester | Recycled PET | Others | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antracite grey | 60 | 7 | 30 | 3 |
| Bruma blue | 60 | 7 | 30 | 3 |
| Ivory white | 61 | 7 | 30 | 2 |
| Oro gold | 65 | 4 | 30 | 1 |
