Category: Green Sportingtex®

Have you heard of recycled fabric? Do you know the use of recycled fabrics is increasing in different areas across the world, including fashion industry, interior design industry, car industry, medical fields, etc.? Sportingtex® has profound experience manufacturing recycled textiles and we keep improving fabric quality to offer the clients diverse designs of recycled fabrics. We’d like to share the experience that we explored during the development of recycled fabrics and will help you understand how we process the wastes into green textiles.

Is recycled polyester fabric the same as recycled PET fabric?

Recycled polyester is the same as recycled PET fabric. Both fabric materials are made from likewise referred to as PET (polyethylene terephthalate). PET is the most popular material to use as it is durable and very light to carry. It is widely used for packaging foods, water bottles, salad dressing cases, shampoo, and even liquid soap.

Most importantly, the cost of PET materials is very less, most companies are happy to use it to pack various products. PET materials can be turned into different forms of polyethylene terephthalate (ext. clothing fabric fiber). Recycled polyester fabric is used widely in textile industry and garment industry.

You can’t miss Recycled Nylon Fabric!

The feature of recycled nylon fabric is to use nylon waste that was discarded during manufacturing processes. Those nylon wastes are mostly from garment factories or weaving mills; moreover, recycled materials also can be sourced from old industrial fishing nylon nets. That is to say, it is the material made from recycled nylon that has been commercialized, consumed, and discarded.

Recycled nylon fabric has the same advantages as recycled polyester fabric. It is light, strong, and quick-drying, and is used for various items such as bags and casual wear. Nylon waste and old fishing net can be processed and transformed into a regenerated fiber, then spun the renewed fiber to become recycled nylon fabric.

Another advantage of recycled nylon fabric is that it reduces waste that causes environmental destruction. Compared to ordinary nylon, carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced by 18% by using recycled nylon as raw materials. Water also can be saved during the manufacturing of regular nylon. Large amounts of water are used for the fibers, which become a major issue of environmental contamination and pollution.

What is organic cotton fabric?

Organic cotton uses traditional methods and natural pesticides to grow cotton. Many farmers now prefer to use organic cultivation to grow cotton or crops, and most companies attempt to use organic materials to make products. Sustainable and ecological are maintained, nature cycle system is also respected as it is our responsibility.

In the past, farmers use pesticides, fertilizers, growth stimulants, or chemicals that help to grow cotton or crops to get better production to improve the quality of the cotton. As a consequence of using pesticides, soils are contaminated; not to mention the pesticides leach groundwater into the river and ocean. It is not only impactful to human life; it is also dangerous to wildlife and marine organism.

Instead of using synthetic fertilizers, the evidence shows that organic cotton is actually more valuable than conventional cotton. Organic cultivation helps to support the ECO balance between pests and beneficial insects; bio-diversity is also increased after the soil is improved.

There are various sustainable kinds of cotton available and can be defined in different ways. However, how can we tell what we are buying is grown in a sustainable method? Certified organic cotton is the best option. Organic cotton products can be tested to see if it’s actually met a fundamental definition of organic by indicators

Is recycled fabric eco-friendly?

Textile is considered the most polluting industry in the world. From the beginning the waste of raw material to the production like dyeing section, the processes produce toxic into our ecosystem and environment.

The 3Rs of reduced, reused, and recycled are considered to help the textile industry to reduce less impact on the environment. With 3Rs Eco practices, we can help to reduce textile waste and greenhouse gas emissions after reusing the collected plastic bottles. Recycled is potential as recycled technology turns the waste into valuable material, such as recycled fabric. The collection and conversion process of waste materials become usable and new materials. For a sustainable society, it’s an environmentally friendly approach to use waste management in a smart way rather than throwing them into landfills.

Now, most people are happy to pay more money to buy a recycled product. Through sustainable recycling, it is eco-friendly that we can preserve natural resources and reduce the damage we do to the world.

Where to buy recycled fabric?

Producing and disposing of plastic products cause subsequent environmental implications, the major contributor is climate change. Therefore, it is not only everyone’s responsibility, it is also the responsibility of global cooperation to deal with the problem of climate change.

SPORTINGTEX ® has reviewed the improvement with recycled materials suppliers and dyeing factories to minimize the impact on the environment. We develop and customized recycled fabric solutions for outdoor wear, high-end fashion, interior accessories, hospital gowns, etc. Raw materials of recycled fabric are made from recycled PET/ plastic bottles. Recycled yarn material is stable to produce fabric with excellent quality.

There are several sustainable fabric choices available in SPORTINGTEX ®.

At Sportingtex, curiosity and expertise are two important things to create fabric items and find solutions for future sustainability. All raw materials and fabric are produced in Taiwan.