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Shop Different: Rethink Fabrics

DateWednesday, March 21, 2012 at 08:29PM

Concerned about keeping plastic bottles out of landfills and the oceans. Time to shop diffent (yes, I know, "differently"). According to Bloomberg Businessweek Rethink Frabrics is doing just that:

It’s a problem that Rethink Fabrics, the Seattle-based manufacturer of Brooklyn’s recycled bottle T-shirts, is trying to work out. By spinning the bottles into a type of polyester, Rethink and companies such as Patagonia (which sells recycled polyester fleece) move plastic from landfills into closets.

Learn more about Rethink Fabrics here. 

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