The latest product from polyester fibre supplier Advansa’s sustainable Eco Origin program is Dacron Re-Comfort, produced with 80% flakes from recycled plastic bottles and 20% pre-consumer textile waste.
Textile waste from the textile industry is processed and then converted into raw materials resulting in a sustainable filling fibre that provides softness and warmth in duvets and firm support in pillows.
According to the company, 99% of recycled polyester is made from bottle flakes. Bottle-to-fibre recycling has significant sustainability benefits. The global non-profit organisation Textile Exchange is challenging the textile industry to increase the percentage of recycled polyester from 14% to 45% by 2025.
Advansa says it will support the goal by using additional recycled textile scraps as a raw material for polyester fibre production.