{"id":18027,"date":"2014-10-11T16:08:57","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T20:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=18027"},"modified":"2014-10-11T16:08:57","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T20:08:57","slug":"turning-pet-plastic-bottles-recyclable-fashion-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/turning-pet-plastic-bottles-recyclable-fashion-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning PET Plastic Bottles into Recyclable Fashion: “the 50” Jacket"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For years, I’ve assumed that plastic recycling<\/a> was largely a “lesser of two evils” thing: yes, it’s definitely better than sending it to a landfill, but plastics are inevitably “downcycled” into a lesser material… and that material will definitely end up in a landfill because it can’t be recycled. So, the only environmentally-friendly way to deal with that PET plastic water bottle is to avoid it completely – eventually, it’s going to end up in the ground, where it will never completely decompose… right?<\/p>\n

Well, largely, but the folks at made-in-the-US eco-fashion brand Dirtball<\/a> have undermined one (critical) part of that assumption: the further recyclability of recycled plastic. Their new “the 50” jacket\u00a0doesn’t just feature material made from (you guessed it) 50 used plastic water bottles; the material itself is recyclable (which the company will do if you send the jacket back to them). Joe Fox, founder of Dirtball, has the details:<\/p>\n