Comments on: Quiksilver’s Eco Friendly Winter Clothing

By: Second Hand Cars Expert

Second Hand Cars Expert — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:39:43 +0000

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By: Collins Pt.

Collins Pt. — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:43:44 +0000

Biodegradable plastic and packaging is a modern necessity for our ever-endangered environment.
Now PLA has been used to line the indoors of Paper Cups in place of the oil based lining additional usually used, create Plastic Cups, Plates, Carrier Bags, Food Packaging and even Nappies.
Eco Pure is our proprietary blend of organic materials that does not modify the base resin to which it is added.

Thanks a lot for your information

By: Michelle Wildes

Michelle Wildes — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:22:15 +0000

Clothing comes in various style, colour and material types like leather, and is always been reinvented they say… I say not though… the same fashions for the god knows how many years have been reinventions of the same styles just slightly modernised for the era they are in, at that particular time.

By: Albert

Albert — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:28:13 +0000

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By: Jonesy

Jonesy — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:00:38 +0000

See the related comments in the “What is biodegradable TPU?” post.

By: Jonesy

Jonesy — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:59:46 +0000

Kathi you are absolutely correct in several ways. There is no positive attribute to producing clothing with “biodegradable” TPU. There is no such animal. Currently the only TPU products manufactured that lay claim to the term “biodegradable” are laminates, not coatings. Fabric coated with TPU (both nylon and polyester, among others) are intended for industrial applications, not fashion applications. There will soon be a website to explore and expose this myth, that will also name those companies that used the material irresponsibly or that were duped into doing so. It may well be that the personnel at Quicksilver were misled.

By: kathi

kathi — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:39:26 +0000

But if the biodegradable material is bonded to another material like nylon, is it then still biodegradable? Once it is bonded I think it cannot be separated again.

As far as I understood TPU is always the coating on a base material.
Could it be that using the term biodegradable for the clothing where TPE is used is not appropriate?

By: What is Biodegradable TPU? | Natural Environment Blog

What is Biodegradable TPU? | Natural Environment Blog — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:56:58 +0000

[...] 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. [...]

By: Why Clothes are Bad for the Environment | Natural Environment Blog

Why Clothes are Bad for the Environment | Natural Environment Blog — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:53:11 +0000

[...] 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. [...]