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for this waste, while expanding the growth and reach of the Repreve brand.” Both Unifi and Polartec have worked with military apparel manufacturer, Peckham Inc. of Lansing, Mich., to define a process allowing for Polartec polyester cut-waste to be recycled back into Polartec’s exclusive Repreve 100 branded yarn. This new yarn will now include a blend of recycled bottles and recycled fabrics and will be used to produce performance Polartec fabrics for the outdoor apparel market. “In typical garment manufacturing, 10 to 20 percent of all fabric produced becomes cut-waste left over after panels are cut,” said Andy Vecchione, president and CEO of Polartec. “This fabric has historically been down cycled into batting or simply sent to the landfill. We can now use this waste stream to create new, first-quality performance Polartec fabrics.” In 2011, more than 40 percent of Polartec’s total production will utilize Repreve 100 recycled yarns, said Vecchione, and the company expects that number to grow in 2012 and beyond. The Takeback Program was made possible by Unifi’s new $8 million recycling center, which opened in the early part of this year. The new plant consists of two spinning lines: one for the conversion of post-consumer flake into chip and one for the production of the hybrid chip, which will recycle both internal pre-consumer industrial waste along with those scraps from manufacturing partners. As long as scraps are 100 percent polyesters, the waste will be ground, torn, shredded and melted and reformed into Repreve chip before being re-extruded as a solutiondyed black Repreve yarn. Unifi is currently looking for qualified Repreve customers to join the Textile Takeback program. Applicants will be asked to undergo an initial approval process to become further qualified as a program participant. The qualification also will be used to help develop a process the fits everyone needs, says Unifi. Participant eligibility starts with being a Repreve customer. And since Unifi employs mechanical recycling, the focus right now is on recycling supply chain fabric waste made from polyester and post-consumer polyester fabrics at the end of life. The Textile Takback Program currently is available only in the Americas due to the location of the new Repreve Recycling Center, but the company is working to expand the program into other geographic areas, including Asia. Neoshell Wins Derryck Draper Award Polartec NeoShell, billed as the most breathable waterproof fabric on the market, has been voted most outstanding outdoor product innovation during the last 12 months by the United Kingdom’s Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild. The guild’s panel of outdoor experts represents some of the top media professionals specializing in sustainable outdoor activities and the environment. This year’s panel of judges, which included U.K. writers Chris Townsend, Judy Armstrong, Graham Thompson and Tom Hutton, were unanimous in their decision to give the award to Polartec NeoShell, said Roly Smith, president of the Outdoor Writers and You’re always in the green with Coghlan’s 2012 New Products Coghlan’s Outdoor Accessories offer quick delivery, full margins and fast turn-over on over 450 outdoor products that are packaged with the environment in mind. For activities like camping, fishing, hunting, backpacking, boating or just a backyard picnic, we offer a huge selection of accessories that will sell. The Outdoor Accessories People www.coghlans.com facebook.com/coghlansgear 24 coghlansInsideOutdoorFall2011.indd | 1 | Fall 2011 10/14/2011 2:23:51 PM
Photographers Guild. “Most membranes work because the heat and moisture inside creates pressure that then tries to force its way out; but the new Polartec NeoShell works slightly differently, allowing the air outside to ‘pull’ the moisture out,” said Smith. “It was this innovative approach and, of course, the resulting end product that so impressed the judges.” “(Polartec NeoShell is) the most breathable membrane I’ve ever tried,” added Townsend, gear tester for TGO. Judges also felt NeoShell was a big story because it’s available in different weights and fabrics. “If you can win an award for a waterproof fabric in the U.K., you can win anywhere,” joked Nate Simmons, Polartec global director of marketing. “We’ve been getting great feedback from head-to-head tests with some of the other new technologies and we really think Polartec NeoShell will help change the way people think about waterproof fabrics.” Polartec NeoShell can be seen in the Fall 2011 collections of some of the best outdoor apparel brands in the world including 66 North, Mammut, Marmot, Montura, Rab, The North Face, Vaude and Westcomb. DuPont Sorona Receives Oeko-Tex Certification DuPont Industrial Biosciences recently announced that DuPont Sorona has received Oeko-Tex Standard 100 Class 1 Certification from Oeko-Tex and the Hohenstein Textile Testing Institute. Sorona renewably sourced polymer is certified for use in fiber applications for textiles (apparel, home, office and automotive interiors) and for carpet (residential, commercial and automotive including mats). Oeko-Tex Class 1 certification is considered the organization’s most stringent test and includes textiles and carpets intended for use by infants and toddlers. It verifies Sorona is free from dangerous levels of harmful substances and meets REACH and CPSIA requirements in the EU and USA. “Receiving Oeko-Tex\Standard 100 Class 1 certification for Sorona provides third-party validation of the safety of Sorona for use in all fiber applications,” said Walter L. Fields, III, global business director. “This will benefit our downstream customers, and we will work with them to get further Oeko-Tex certification throughout the supply chain” DuPont Sorona is made, in part, with annually renewable plant-based resources. By replacing traditional petrochemical ingredients with those made from renewable resources, Sorona helps reduce dependency on oil and petrochemicals. Additionally, the production of Sorona offers significant energy savings and reduced CO2 emissions when compared to the production of an equal amount of nylon, said the company. Sorona is also free from heavy metals. “Sorona is one of the first bio-based textile polymers to demonstrate highly desirable technical and life cycle advantages Fall 2011 | InsideOutdoor | 25
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Photographers Guild.<br />
“Most membranes work because<br />
the heat and moisture inside creates<br />
pressure that then tries to force<br />
its way out; but the new Polartec<br />
NeoShell works slightly differently,<br />
allowing the air outside to ‘pull’ the<br />
moisture out,” said Smith. “It was this<br />
innovative approach and, of course,<br />
the resulting end product that so impressed<br />
the judges.”<br />
“(Polartec NeoShell is) the most<br />
breathable membrane I’ve ever tried,”<br />
added Townsend, gear tester for TGO.<br />
Judges also felt NeoShell was a big<br />
story because it’s available in different<br />
weights and fabrics.<br />
“If you can win an award for a<br />
waterproof fabric in the U.K., you can<br />
win anywhere,” joked Nate Simmons,<br />
Polartec global director of marketing.<br />
“We’ve been getting great feedback<br />
from head-to-head tests with some of<br />
the other new technologies and we<br />
really think Polartec NeoShell will help<br />
change the way people think about<br />
waterproof fabrics.”<br />
Polartec NeoShell can be seen in the<br />
<strong>Fall</strong> 2011 collections of some of the best<br />
outdoor apparel brands in the world<br />
including 66 North, Mammut, Marmot,<br />
Montura, Rab, The North Face, Vaude<br />
and Westcomb.<br />
DuPont Sorona<br />
Receives Oeko-Tex<br />
Certification<br />
DuPont Industrial Biosciences recently<br />
announced that DuPont Sorona<br />
has received Oeko-Tex Standard 100<br />
Class 1 Certification from Oeko-Tex and<br />
the Hohenstein Textile Testing Institute.<br />
Sorona renewably sourced polymer is<br />
certified for use in fiber applications<br />
for textiles (apparel, home, office and<br />
automotive interiors) and for carpet<br />
(residential, commercial and automotive<br />
including mats).<br />
Oeko-Tex Class 1 certification is considered<br />
the organization’s most stringent<br />
test and includes textiles and carpets<br />
intended for use by infants and toddlers.<br />
It verifies Sorona is free from dangerous<br />
levels of harmful substances and meets<br />
REACH and CPSIA requirements in the<br />
EU and USA.<br />
“Receiving Oeko-Tex\Standard<br />
100 Class 1 certification for Sorona<br />
provides third-party validation of the<br />
safety of Sorona for use in all fiber<br />
applications,” said Walter L. Fields,<br />
III, global business director. “This will<br />
benefit our downstream customers,<br />
and we will work with them to get further<br />
Oeko-Tex certification throughout<br />
the supply chain”<br />
DuPont Sorona is made, in part, with<br />
annually renewable plant-based resources.<br />
By replacing traditional petrochemical<br />
ingredients with those made from renewable<br />
resources, Sorona helps reduce<br />
dependency on oil and petrochemicals.<br />
Additionally, the production of Sorona<br />
offers significant energy savings and<br />
reduced CO2 emissions when compared<br />
to the production of an equal amount of<br />
nylon, said the company. Sorona is also<br />
free from heavy metals.<br />
“Sorona is one of the first bio-based<br />
textile polymers to demonstrate highly desirable<br />
technical and life cycle advantages<br />
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