Repreve is synthetic fiber made from 100% recycled content by Unifi, Inc. Unlike many other recycled yarns, the recycled content is certified by an outside party. Repreve is available in both polyester and nylon filament and polyester staple fiber.

Unlike many other recycled yarns, Repreve is made completely of 100% recycled materials and meets Unifi's first quality standards when compared to virgin products. In addition, our U Trust™ verification program ensures that Repreve recycled fibers are traceable, transparent, and most important, certifiably sustainable. Repreve is third-party certified for its claim of 100% recycled content by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS). And with our unique Fiberprint™ technology, products made from fabrics with Repreve are tested and certified before the Repreve brand name can be used. So if you see the Repreve label, you have absolute assurance that it's genuine recycled.

There's just one important difference: Repreve is made from recycled materials.

You can count on the fact that Repreve is always made from 100% recycled materials. Repreve polyester is available as 100% post-consumer waste (recycled PET plastic bottles) or as a hybrid blend of pre-consumer and post-consumer waste. Repreve nylon is made from pre-consumer waste.

Repreve is made from 100% recycled materials. This is our process in a nutshell: Waste is collected. The waste enters a unique material conversion process, where it is chopped, melted, and reformulated to form a 100% recycled chip. The Repreve chip then enters a proprietary extrusion and texturing process to form 100% recycled yarn, Repreve. Go to Making Repreve to see more about our process.

Visit End Uses for more information about how Repreve is already being used, plus other creative ideas for using Repreve.

Please visit Find Repreve to see a current list of brands that use Repreve.

Our technologies, products, and practices keep evolving. It took years of research and development to perfect the Repreve process. Now that we have it, we're going to build on it—because it's the right thing to do. We will continue to expand our Repreve family of 100% recycled yarns.

Repreve reduces energy consumption and conserves petroleum-based resources by offsetting the need to produce virgin polyester and nylon.

Yes, Repreve polyester does. We make two versions, available as 100% post-consumer waste (recycled PET plastic bottles) and our unique hybrid blend that also includes pre-consumer waste. Here's what you should really understand: A pound of 100% post-consumer keeps 27 16-oz. bottles out of the landfill. A pound of Repreve hybrid blend polyester uses approximately ten 16-oz. recycled PET bottles.

Pre-consumer waste and post-industrial waste are terms that are used interchangeably. Pre-consumer and post-industrial waste is recovered or separated from the waste stream during the manufacturing process, before it reaches consumers. Post-consumer waste, such as recycled plastic PET bottles, has been separated from the waste stream after consumers have used it.

Unifi is committed to donating a portion of Repreve sales to selected environmental causes. Please visit Repreve Gives Back to learn more about the specific causes we support.

A third-party certification provides an independent, objective review of a company's product claims and environmental performance. Repreve is third-party certified for its claim of 100% recycled content through Scientific Certification Systems (SCS). Every year, SCS performs a full examination of our recycled products, including our recycling process, production records, and manufacturing operations. SCS is a leading third-party certifier and standards developer of environmental and sustainability claims. Repreve is also Oeko-Tex certified. Oeko-Tex is a well-known international eco-label offering "Confidence in Textiles." Repreve is tested and qualified to ensure that it is free of harmful levels of more than 100 restricted chemicals.

Repreve is available in both polyester and nylon filament, and polyester staple fiber. Some Repreve fibers are available with inherent performance features, including moisture wicking and stretch. Check out Find Your Repreve on this site for a good overview of what's available. For more specific answers and manufacturing specs, please contact us.

Please visit our Repreve Marketing page for information about our consumer-friendly hang tag program. If you're eager to talk with us about the Repreve program, or about using Repreve, please contact us.

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Repreve can also be used to make Unifi aio®, all-in-one, performance yarns, with added high-tech performance properties like stretch (i.e, Repreve + Reflexx) and permanent moisture management (i.e., Repreve + Sorbtek) all in a single yarn.

Unifi, Inc. is a U.S.-based company, now a global leader in sustainable textile solutions. A manufacturer of polyester and nylon yarn, Unifi has been a leader in the textile industry for nearly 40 years, based in Greensboro, North Carolina. In addition to Repreve recycled polyester and nylon, our most notable products are branded yarns with value-added capabilities. Learn more about the makers of Repreve by visiting Who Makes Repreve. Learn more about other Unifi products by linking to the Unifi web site.

Unifi has long believed that recycling, sustainable business practices, and offering sustainable textile solutions are simply the right things to do. We run our own recycling center, monitor our use and reuse of corrugated materials, repair and reuse shipping pallets, reclaim energy and water, donate biosolids to area farmers as fertilizers, monitor our work environment to be as clean and healthy as possible, and act as responsible local citizens.