POLYESTER: REBORN FOR MORE
SUSTAINABLE CHOICES
WHY RECYCLED POLYESTER?
Polyester is the second most used material in the Atlantis collections.
This fiber is one of the most used in the world: ultra-resistant, good color fastness, quickly dry and allows more customization techniques than cotton.
There are some downsides also: it’s made from Polyethylene terephthalate (i.e. PET) the most common type of plastic. It’s not biodegradable and it comes mainly from petrol.
But there is a solution: Recycled polyester (or rPET) is made from polymers obtained by melting down plastic bottles and re-spinning them into new polyester fiber which could then be recycled again to make other plastic bottles and so on.
This is an example of a "circular economy” sustainability model: designing something by using infinitely recyclable material.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Non-renewable resources are also conserved by replacing the need for virgin materials
RECYCLED POLYESTER: THE MAKING OF AND SAVINGS
(source: WRAP and Textile Exchange)
We contributed to recycling
bottles
since we've started our recycled collection.
FLIP THE STICKERS AND FIND OUT HOW MANY BOTTLES HAVE BEEN RECYCLED FOR EACH STYLE
Rapper Recycled
5
Recy Beanie
0.5
Recy Feel
1.5
Recy Three
0.5
*Only mesh in recycled polyester, front and visor in recycled cotton.
Recycled Cap
5
Sand
1.5
Shore
1
Rio
1
Shine
2.5
Geo
5
FIND OUT HOW MANY BOTTLES HAVE BEEN RECYCLED FOR EACH STYLE
Rapper Recycled
= 5
Recy Beanie
= 0.5
Recy Feel
= 5
Recy Three
*Only mesh in recycled polyester, front and visor in recycled cotton.
= 0.5
Recycled Cap
= 5
CHOOSE YOUR RECYCLED HATS & BEANIES
IF IT'S CERTIFIED, YOU'RE SURE IT'S RECYCLED
Third-party certification organizations such as Global Recycled Standard verifies the traceability in the recycling process, the exact origin of the components of the fiber, the absence of prohibited chemical substances and all the ethical e social compliance.
