Green School Uniforms - Recycled Bottle Blazers (GALLERY)

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Green School Uniforms - Recycled Bottle Blazers (GALLERY)



Green School Uniforms - Recycled Bottle Blazers (GALLERY)Schools in the UK can now dress their students in a uniform made entirely from old Coca-Cola bottles, which will help them meet their carbon footprint targets.

New advances in flaking, chipping and spinning plastic at a plant in Taiwan have made “blazers with bottle” commercially viable.

According to Mark Southcott, of the Knaresborough company School Colours, which has tailored the first order of the new material from Taiwan, the jackets and trousers look and feel like any manmade fibre clothing.

The uniform costs about £1 more than conventional ones. Many schools with more than 1,500 students have already placed orders.

Uniforms are just the first step, Southcott is working on extending the concept into sportswear.

Check out another recycled-bottles product:

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(TREND HUNTER) It is gratifying to see the fruit of our recycling. That cola bottle you wisely recycled might just turn up in your next purchase. GreenSmart’s $25 Laptop sleeve is made from an innovative fabric called PET, which is made from these old plastic bottles we recycle. At less than half a pound, it provi… [More]



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Green School Uniforms - Recycled Bottle Blazers (GALLERY)
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Read More: schoolcolours   Via: treehugger   Posted: Apr 10, 08
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