Ecotec Yarns Receive Global Recycle Standard Label

July 13, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Green on July 14, 2010

Recycled cotton yarn producer FildiUSA, New York, announced that Ecotec, the company's recycled cotton-blend yarns, have received Control Union's Global Recycle Standard.

The Global Recycle Standard validates both the yarns' recycled content as well as the sustainable and socially responsible manner in which they are produced. Fildi said it's the first yarn company in the United States to earn this recognition.
 
"We are proud that our products and processes meet the very highest standards," said Steven Usdan, president of FildiUSA. "With this critical GRS certification, our customers can be certain that when they use our Ecotec yarns, they are truly making a positive impact on the world in which we live."

To date, companies such as Whole Foods and Rachel Roy have used Ecotec yarns in their textile products.
 
Ecotec recycled cotton-blend 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 re-spun into yarns. Not only is landfill waste eliminated but, because the cotton fabric scraps are already 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.
 
Ecotec yarns are available in a full assortment of stock and custom colors, spinning counts, and blends for use in bright, durable knit and woven fabrics that can be used in apparel, home textiles, and a variety of applications. In addition to being GRS certified, Ecotec yarns are also Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified to be free from more than 100 substances believed to be dangerous to human health.