GREENSBORO — Unifi, Inc., makers of REPREVE and one of many world’s main innovators in recycled and artificial yarns, right now introduced the recipients of its fifth annual REPREVE Champions of Sustainability awards, which acknowledge model, textile and retail companions which have demonstrated a real dedication to supporting a extra sustainable world. Key highlights from this 12 months’s checklist of recipients embody the next:
· Nike and Goal each reached a significant milestone this 12 months, every having reworked greater than 2 billion recycled plastic bottles by means of using REPREVE fiber.
· Polartec, Walmart and Texhong Textile Group Restricted have every reworked greater than 1 billion bottles.
· This 12 months’s recipients have helped flip a mixed whole of practically 14 billion recycled plastic bottles into extra sustainable merchandise.
“We’re thrilled to announce the 2022 REPREVE Champions of Sustainability,” stated Eddie Ingle, Chief Govt Officer of Unifi. “We applaud the demonstrated dedication to sustainability, which has allowed us to recycle greater than 30 billion bottles to this point.”
Unifi’s REPREVE Champions of Sustainability awards can be offered to 39 model and retail companions which have reworked 10 million or extra recycled plastic bottles and 53 textile companions which have reworked 50 million or extra recycled plastic bottles by means of using REPREVE efficiency fibers. Unifi can also be recognizing the next particular class award winners:
· Particular Recognition Award – Mavi, a Turkey-based worldwide attire model with a robust fame as a pacesetter within the denim market and a concentrate on sustainability.
· Newcomer Award – Jiaxing Xinran Textile Co., LTD, a China-based firm that has integrated REPREVE in spandex-covered yarns.
· Associate in Innovation Award – Fortunate Textile Mills Restricted, a China-based textile mill that has created sustainable materials that carry out in each cold and hot climate utilizing REPREVE TruTemp365.
“As a number one world denim model, Mavi demonstrates REPREVE’s world attain,” stated Bev Sylvester, Vice President of Advertising and Communications at Unifi. “Shoppers now count on manufacturers to make merchandise responsibly, which Mavi has capitalized on by means of their concentrate on sustainability. Jiaxing Xinran Textile Co., LTD, is a deserving winner of the Newcomer Award, whereas we selected Fortunate Textile Mills Restricted because the recipient of the Associate in Innovation Award for his or her use of REPREVE TruTemp365 of their efficiency merchandise.”