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Recycled-bottle fleece

Recorded year1993

Patagonia and Malden Mills make fleece from recycled plastic bottles.

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Built on

PolyesterRecorded · 1941enables
PET plastic drinks bottleRecorded · 1973enables

Led to

Fibre-to-fibre recyclingRecorded · 2022enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.