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The Raw Material

Textiles from recycled PET bottles.

Conventional polyester textiles rely on the fossil raw materials crude oil and natural gas for their production. By upcycling PET bottles, oil, energy and CO2 can be saved.

Global consumption of single-use plastic bottles is enormous. In Germany alone, according to the Deutsche Umwelthilfe (German Environmental Aid), around 16.4 billion single-use plastic bottles are used every year – stacked on top of each other, they would reach from the earth to the moon 14 times.

GREENTEX filament and staple fiber yarns are made 100% from recycled PET bottles. This increases the recycling rate of PET bottles that might otherwise have ended up in landfills or in nature.

PET = polyethylene terephthalate

PET bottles as a recycling symbol

According to the Deutsche Umwelthilfe, a PET bottle takes around 450 years to decompose on its own.

PETer the bottle
Join in!

Together against plastic in nature.

Discover, for any textile made from GREENTEX, how many PET bottles you gave a new life … and how much CO2 could be saved.

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Carbon Footprint

The ecological footprint.

Savings of up to 62% CO2 compared to virgin PET.

Compared to producing new polyester granulate, which serves as the basis for new polyester yarns, the raw materials ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid are not required in the production of GREENTEX, which means less energy is consumed as well.

With our GREENTEX rPET, up to 62% CO2 can be saved.

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Green footprint
From Waste to Raw Material

The upcycling process.

The lower the level of contamination & foreign polymers, the better the quality.

Fixed bottle suppliers

with defined specifications.

Washing before shredding

and further cleaning processes.

Extensive cleaning & blending processes

carefully controlled for consistent quality.

First, the PET bottles are collected, pre-sorted and pressed into bales. The labels and caps are then removed, the bottles are shredded and put through several special washing processes, since foreign plastics and contamination have a strong impact on the later quality of the recycled yarn. After drying, so-called PET flakes are obtained, which serve as the basis for further processing steps and ultimately for yarn production.

New textiles are then produced from the recycled GREENTEX yarn, which can be used in a wide range of industries.

Transparency & Integrity

We do not do greenwashing.

Especially in the field of sustainability & recycling, greenwashing can quite easily occur. Blending new bottle PET with recycled bottle PET is neither visible nor verifiable for the consumer.

That is why we stand against greenwashing and are committed to integrity and transparency in our GREENTEX yarns – by ensuring complete traceability and auditing our recycling processes.

TraceabilityComplete, from raw material to yarn
AuditsRegular review of our recycling processes
Fixed suppliersConsistent bottle suppliers with fixed quality standards
No blendingNo virgin bottle PET is blended in
Safety

Contaminant controls.

Contaminants can accumulate in used PET bottles.

We analyze the recycled granulate and carry out checks for organic & inorganic contaminants. For you & the health of your loved ones.

Contaminants can accumulate especially in used PET bottles. To rule out health risks, checking the recycled GREENTEX PET for organic and inorganic contaminants is therefore essential to us.

Our GREENTEX yarns are also certified to OEKO-TEX Standard 100, Appendix 6 (baby articles).

Contaminant controls to protect the health of your baby and your loved ones
Ocean plastic, which GREENTEX deliberately does not use
A Clear Stance

Ocean plastic.

We don't use it in GREENTEX,
because it attracts contaminants like a sponge.

We have decided against using ocean plastic in our GREENTEX yarns. Ocean plastic is not collected in coastal areas but is "fished" directly out of the sea.

While cleaning the oceans is certainly worthwhile, in our view the plastic recovered there is not suitable for use in textiles. Through years of drifting in the sea, PET bottles attract contaminants like a "sponge" and should therefore not be processed into textiles.

This view is shared, for example, by Thomas Fischer, head of circular economy at the German Environmental Aid (Deutsche Umwelthilfe).

Service

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