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Parkland has also implemented a comprehensive recycling program within their office and since 2015 has maintained a product donation partnership with Imagine 1 Day - an organization dedicated to building schools and education infrastructure in Ethiopia. Parkland’s sustainable backpacks and accessories are available at selected Bratpack, GRIND, The Travel Club, and The SM Stores nationwide.

For more information, visit their website www.parklandmfg.com.

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Paul Sharp, head of sales at waxed cotton specialist British Millerain, said that the show had hit its stride this season and that sustainable cotton was a key talking point. Also, “It feels like the show has got bigger and better this season. Sometimes you have to wait a while before footfall really gets going, but this season we had people on the stand from 9am on the first day. People are definitely asking about sustainability and, for us, they have been particularly interested in BCI [Better Cotton Initiative] cotton.”

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100% recycled Polartec Power Fill is presently available in 80 and 100 g/m² weights, with the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certification. Polartec Power Fill products are currently available from customers Bight Gear and Triple Aught Design, with product also planned from Blackyak, Crazy Idea, Giro, Goldwin, Millet, P1G-Tac, Reusch and Samas.

The manufacturer quotes that, “Long a leader in sustainable fabrics, Polartec has now upcycled over one billion post consumer plastic bottles into hundreds of fabric styles and category-creating platforms.”

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More than 116 million tonnes of waste clothes end up in the landfills every year. A sustainable manufacturer of functional fabrics, Singtex has developed Biotec series to tackle this issue. It reuses organic materials, such as coffee grounds, to make coffee oil membrane and castor beans to produce bio-nylon fabrics. These bio-based materials are said to replace more than 25% petroleum consumption during production and offer a better wearing experience.

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The Earth Tee is the latest initiatives from this program to celebrate the ‘World Environment Day’. Reliance Industries, the owner of brand R|Elan, is one of the largest recycler of PET bottles in India, recycling 2.2 billion PET bottles a year.

This limited edition ‘The Earth Tee’ selected by IMG Reliance & Anita Dongre has been presented to celebrities, to join the ‘Fashion for Earth’ movement.

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GreenTech Malaysia Alliances (GTMA), a subsidiary of Malaysian Green Technology Corporation (GreenTech Malaysia) and Kloth Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Kloth) has entered into a joint venture to form Kloth Lifestyle, which will promote and market quality, sustainable fabrics made from recycled plastic bottles.

Kloth Lifestyle aims to address the growing demand for sustainable apparel through the internationally-recognised, Shanghai-based Waste2Wear brand, as well as other eco-friendly sources. They are targeting RM2mil in revenue by 2017.