The company has also joined forces with Flipkart to sell official FIFA fan-wear merchandise purely. A performance wear brand promoted by Paragon Apparels, Alcis said that it will manufacture 50 per cent of its apparel from recycled polyester, which is derived from plastic waste.
Roshan Baid, Managing Director of Alcis Sports, said that consumers in India are increasingly becoming environmentally conscious. He added that, “With India playing host to the World Environment Day and the theme for this year being ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’, we thought that this is a great time to discard polyester and move to recycled polyester.†He claims that this move will help reduce carbon emission by over 54 per cent, energy consumption by 50 per cent and 27 litres of water can be saved per product.
These T-Shirts use R-PET, a strong, durable and recyclable material used for soda bottles, water bottles, food jars etc, making them environment-friendly and cost-effective.
Alcis has been making t-shirts from waste plastic bottles for the past two years called ‘Wonder Tee’. Each t-shirt uses about 8 plastic bottles, according to the company.
Re-START Alliance, a textile recovery alliance, has launched Cluster Collective, its first flagship initiative aimed at increasing textile-to-textile recycling in…
SuperCircle, a New York-based technology platform focused on textile waste management, has raised US $24 million in Series A funding.
India has set up a demonstration farm in Gujarat to showcase the use of agro-textiles, especially protective nets. The project…
Stora Enso, Krekelberg Flock Products and Flocktechniek have developed Papira, a plastic-free packaging foam made from cellulose-based flock fibers.
Texfil Private Ltd, a subsidiary of Filatex India Ltd, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indeca Sporting Goods Pvt.…
A partnership between Radici InNova, The Lycra Company, and lingerie brand Triumph addresses the challenge faced when recycling clothing made…