This week, Unifi, a company known for producing recycled materials out of waste, announced its Textile Takeback™ initiative: this textile-to-textile infrastructure program is designed to recycle a polyester-based supply chain and post-consumer fabric waste, and convert it into REPREVE® – the recycled performance fiber has been used by popular brands such as North Face, Patagonia, Beyond Yoga, Aday, Asics, Vuori and more.
Polyester has become a popular choice globally, and may even be the most used fiber in the world by some accounts. With approximately 90 million tons of textile waste created and 87% of textiles discarded each year, Textile Takeback™ aims to transform the industry’s