Quiksilver’s Eco Friendly Winter Clothing
It was nice to read about Quiksilver’s new eco-friendly winter outwear clothing today.
On January 29, Quiksilver will launch a whole new line of eco-friendly winter wear. As mentioned in the article, winter wear has traditionally been the least eco-friendly, so it’s great to see a prominent clothing company like Quiksilver getting stuck into the challenge of providing eco-friendly winter wear.
Here are some eco-friendly fabrics that Quiksilver uses in their clothing:
- Biodegradable TPU Laminate
- Nanosphere Finish
- Organic Cotton
- Hemp
- Non-Toxic Dyes
- Recycled PETs-Recylced Polyester and Soda Bottles
Tags: biodegradable, hemp, organic cotten, quiksilver
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:53 am
[...] Unfortunately, eco-friendly clothes still tend to be the exception rather than the norm. That’s why it’s so important for us, as consumers, to start searching for clothes made from environmentally friendly fabrics. The more of us that do this, the more commercially viable it will be for companies to use eco-friendly fabrics in their clothing lines. Here’s an example of one major clothing company doing just that. [...]
March 12th, 2008 at 3:56 am
[...] An example of one clothing company using biodegradable TPU is Quiksilver. Quiksilver uses a biodegradable TPU laminate in some of it’s winter clothing line. [...]