Repreve diverts waste from the landfill. For sure, soda bottles. But tackling the problem is not just about recycling soda and water bottles, or post-consumer waste. Because behind every mound of post-consumer waste is a mountain of pre-consumer waste. (The waste created by manufacturers when they make products for consumers.) Guess what? Unifi uses both to make Repreve polyester.

It offsets the need to refine new crude oil. Repreve is made from 100% recycled materials, offsetting the need to use new crude oil. Did you know that on average, every pound of Repreve yarn conserves the equivalent of half a gallon of gasoline?

It requires less energy to produce. Crude oil refining is a long process that consumes precious natural resources and energy—far more than it takes us to process recycled materials into Repreve.

Polyester And Nylon Come From Crude Oil

Did you know... polyester, nylon, and water bottles all come from the same natural resource as gasoline? Crude oil is the natural resource in thousands of things we use every day. Computers. Auto hardware. Heart valves. Credit cards. Toys. And yes, even clothing. By recycling materials into Repreve we are offsetting the need to produce new raw materials. Which helps reduce the demand for this precious natural resource.

Recycling Helps Offset Refining

As a leading yarn manufacturer, we feel it's our responsibility to do our part. Using less crude oil is a major way to reduce our environmental footprint. With Repreve, we're doing everything we can to cut our reliance on it.

Repreve is made entirely without drilling for oil, refining it, transporting it, breaking it into chemicals, blending it with other additives, or turning it into the raw materials needed for manufacturing. Recycling allows us to reuse materials already made from precious natural resources. With today's concerns about the environment, reducing demand is better for everyone.

Made Uniquely Different

Our proprietary process makes Repreve like no other recycled fiber in the world.

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