Ecotec Yarns Receive Global Recycle Standard Label

July 21, 2010

FildiUSA, New York, a producer of recycled cotton yarn, recently announced that Ecotec, its recycled cotton-blend yarns, have been granted Control Union's Global Recycle Standard.

The Global Recycle Standard validates the yarns' recycled content, as well as the sustainable and socially responsible ways in which they are produced.

Ecotec yarns are made from new, pre-consumer cotton textile scraps that would otherwise be discarded in landfills. The repurposed fabric scraps are collected from cutting operations, sorted by color, reprocessed, blended and respun into yarns, according to the company.

Due to this process, not only is landfill waste eliminated, but because the cotton fabric scraps already are colored, Ecotec yarns can skip the dyeing process, thus saving water and reducing environmental effluents. Repurposing the cotton fabric scraps also saves the land, water and pesticides associated with growing new cotton, according to the company.

Ecotec yarns are available in a full assortment of stock and custom colors, spinning counts and blends. They also are Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified to be free of more than 100 substances believed to be dangerous to human health.

For more information, visit ecotecyarn.com. -- J.L.



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