Levis Recycled Plastic Jeans

The clothing and shoe recycling program is part of levi s larger sustainability initiative which is aiming for a circular economy by 2020 a scenario in which jeans and other apparel are.

Levis recycled plastic jeans.

Recycled jeans can take on many new functions but your denim will be used specifically as materials for building insulation a portion of which will go towards community oriented projects such as libraries hospitals and schools. Simply box up your old denim make certain it s 90 cotton or greater and doesn t have any hangers tags stickers or plastic attached create or log in to your zappos or amazon account print a shipping label and send it our way by dropping it at a local ups store continental u s. Your new levi s will now be part old recycled levi s the products use a new material called circulose that s made from reconstituted cotton from old jeans combined with wood pulp. With more worn levi s 501 jeans from the 50s to the 90s discarded every year there s an almost inexhaustible supply of not so raw material for l a based women s brand re dun.

The company says at least 20 percent of the material that goes into making this denim comes from recycled plastic bottles and food trays. That means about eight 12 to 20 ounce bottles are reborn. Levi s answer was to create two fashion lines jeans and trucker jackets that incorporate at least 20 post consumer plastic recycled content. When using this material in the jeans levi s has guaranteed that all parts of the jeans including trims and threads meet the brand s recycling specifications meaning that the sustainable.

The best jeans for the planet are the ones you don t have to make. Shop the entire collection today. That equates to about eight 12 20oz bottles per.