The amount of petroleum saved annually by using post-consumer bottles over virgin materials in the EcoSpun process is enough to supply power to a city the size of Atlanta for an entire year.
— Wellman Inc.

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Plastic to Fabric

    Recycled plastic bottle fiber, also referred to as Eco-fi or EcoSpun, is a high-quality polyester fiber made from 100% certified recycled plastic PET bottles (PET stands for Polyethylene terephthalate). It can go into any textile product such as clothing, blankets, carpets, wall coverings, auto interiors, home furnishings, and craft felt. Recycled plastic bottles can also be blended with other fibers, such as cotton or wool, for enhanced qualities.

    Fabrics made from recycled plastic bottle fiber are nearly chemi­cally and functionally identical to those made from non-recycled fabrics. The difference is that recycled plastic bottle fiber is made with­out depleting the Earth's natural resources. With properties such as strength, softness, shrinkage-resistance, and colorfastness, the market for recycled plastic bottle fiber is expand­ing every day.

     

    PET

     

     See a #1 on the bottom of your container? That's PET!  

     

     

     

    The Plastic to Fabric Process:

    1. Recycled plastic PET bottles are picked up at curb­side and community recycling centers, and then sorted by type and color.

      Plastic Bottles

      Bails of Bottles

       

    2. They are stripped of their labels and caps, washed, and crushed, then chopped into flake.

      Bottle Caps

      Plastic Flake

       

    3. These tiny pieces are melted and extruded to create fiber. The fiber produced is crimped, cut, drawn and stretched into desired length for strength, then baled.

      Plastic Fiber

      Plastic Fiber Roll

       

    4. The baled fiber can be processed into fabric for a variety of textile product end uses.

      Fiber Machine

      T-Shirts

    Buy SOUND T-shirts made of 50% recycled plastic bottles and 50% recycled cotton here.

    Why buy recycled plastic products?

    We have the capacityto keep billions of plastic PET bottles out of the world's land­fills eachyear. For every one billion plastic bottles created, 18 tons of harmful airemis­sions are produced and 2.5 million barrels of oil are used, contributingto acid rain, global warming, and smog. The amount of petroleum saved annuallyby using post-consumer bottles instead of virgin materials in the manufacturingprocess is enough to supply power to a city the size of Atlanta for an entireyear!

    Learn more about recycled plastic at www.eco-fi.com