recycled PET

Innovative take on textiles, keeps our oceans plastic-free,

our conscience clear and homes stylish.

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What on earth is rPET?

PET (short for Polyethylene Terephthalate),

is strong, lightweight and often transparent.

Due to its unique properties, PET is one of

the most commonly used plastics and can be

recycled into rPET. In the recycling process,

PET plastic is collected, cleaned and remade

into new products, without exhausting natural

resources, and by reducing energy and carbon

emission, which makes rPET widely considered

a highly sustainable choice.

The environmental benefits of this process

are countless: it reduces environmental impact,

avoids the use of non-renewable natural

resources, reduces energy consumption and

can contribute to reduce the extraction of crude

oil and natural gas from the Earth to make more

plastic, lessening our dependence on petroleum

as a source of raw material.

Keeping plastics from going to landfill

and the ocean.

According to the NGO Ocean Conservancy,

8 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean

every year, on top of the estimated 150 million

metric tons that currently circulate in marine

environments. If we keep this pace, by 2050

there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish.

Taking plastic waste and turning it into a useful

material is very important for humans and our

environment.

This innovative process of turning rPET into

textiles, gives a second life to a material that’s

not biodegradable, and would otherwise end

up in landfill or the ocean.