{"id":19143,"date":"2016-01-11T11:50:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T16:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=19143"},"modified":"2016-01-11T11:52:04","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T16:52:04","slug":"recycling-neoprene-wetsuits-into-yoga-mats-suga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/recycling-neoprene-wetsuits-into-yoga-mats-suga\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling Neoprene Wetsuits Into Yoga Mats: Suga [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/suga\/suga-yoga-mats-made-from-recycled-wetsuits\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not a surfer, a scuba diver, or a triathlete, so the idea of neoprene wetsuits as a waste stream never really occurred to me. And while I have no idea how many of these products end up in the landfill each year, I do know that neoprene can&#8217;t be recycled through conventional means (i.e., you can&#8217;t throw them in the blue bin). But startup <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sugamats.com\/\">Suga<\/a> has figured out a way to keep these items out of the dump: they recycle them into yoga mats.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not only great news for wetsuit waste, but as old friend Simran Sethi showed us years ago, that&#8217;s also a step forward for more sustainable yoga practice. <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/yoga-the-union-of-you-and-the-planet\/\">As she noted back in 2008<\/a>, an awful lot of yoga mats are made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC), which is pretty nasty stuff. Yes, there are <a href=\"http:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/2013\/11\/19\/feelgood-fitness-4-best-yoga-gifts\/\">mats made from other materials<\/a>, but even as issues surrounding PVC have received more attention, it&#8217;s still the most popular material for these products.<\/p>\n<p>According to Suga, recycling neoprene wetsuits into yoga mats not only avoids the use of PVC, but also results in a cleaner, safer product: &#8220;Because Suga mats are manufactured from neoprene, they\u2019re uniquely closed-cell foam, which means they don\u2019t sponge up bacteria, sweat, dust, and dirt from yoga studio floors like other mats.&#8221; The company notes that it also makes use of all of its scraps, and even plans to recycle worn-out Suga mats when they&#8217;ve reached the end of their useful life.<\/p>\n<p>Very interesting! While Suga has hit its goal on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/suga\/suga-yoga-mats-made-from-recycled-wetsuits\">the Kickstarter project<\/a> from which the video above comes, they&#8217;ve still got rewards available (including the mats themselves), so consider joining in their efforts over the remaining six days of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Got thoughts? Know more about wetsuits and\/or yoga mats? Share your thoughts with us&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Featured photo credit: Screen capture from Suga Kickstarter video<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not a surfer, a scuba diver, or a triathlete, so the idea of neoprene wetsuits as a waste stream never really occurred to me. 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