eco-Textile You can be ECO NOW!

FULL of ideas…………

In this post:
Are you printing on Textile?
…Remember, at the bottom more posts about the Printing & Packaging Industry

THERE JUST ARE NO MORE EXCUSES!

eco-Suppliers have you covered! – Big time! – There are now thousands of paper, packaging, plastics, textile suppliers out there with sustainable products for you to print on! They want to get their products to YOU!

>>>Are you printing on eco-Textile?

You want C2CCertified eco-Textile to print on?
Go to Cradle to Cradle Certified Products Registry,
then click : Fashion + Textiles
There are 54 certified products, and growing, under Raw Material (1), Fabrics (19), Yarn (2), Thread, Trims + Notions (3), Dyes + Finishes (1), Apparel (28)

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Even if you do not regularly print on any kind of textile , let alone eco-Textile, you might want to put a “print T-Shirts on demand shop” on your website with Your Logo… Teemill

>From their FAQ: Do you sell wholesale blank t-shirts?
Yes we do. For volume pricing, minimum order quantities apply. You can order these direct from our factory website.

Teemill uses ONLY organic materials and renewable energy powered factories.

Teemills main business is with: Startups, online Charities, Campaigns, and more…….
Build with Teemill and sell t-shirts online. We print, ship direct & send you the profit. It’s free.
And Teemill, will turn the used old t-shirts into new ones closing-the-loop.
>From their FAQ: Can I send back multiple items? Yes, send back as many as you want. Every product we make is designed to be sent back to us once it no longer in use. There is a QR code on every wash care label which takes you to our circular fashion page. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and follow the instructions to receive your returns label for sending items back to us. We’ll send you a £5 discount code for each item you return. To make the economics of recycling work, right now it’s only possible to use one code per shipment.

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“It was a really great experience to visit the Future Fabrics Expo,. It is such an opportunity for designers and brands to source their materials from more sustainable mills. The platform makes it easy to contact and discover new mills, such as emerging innovative materials.” – Ana Pasalic from Stella McCartney Ltd

You no longer need to wait until the annual Future Fabrics Expo to discover new sustainable fabrics and mills. 
The first Future Fabrics Virtual Expo was set up by The Sustainable Angle to extend the lifespan of the Expo, so those interested from abroad or cannot visit our showcases physically can have access to the sustainable innovative fabrics and materials –
Year Round.
Already 900+ fabrics are searchable by categories from fibre type and price, to certification and origin, etc. Not only a valuable tool for designers and buyers new to the area of sustainable textiles and materials, but also for those with established strategies.

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contributing to the circular economy in textiles

TENCEL™

The pioneering REFIBRA™ technology involves upcycling a substantial proportion of cotton scraps – from garment production, and wood pulp. This new raw material is transformed to produce new virgin TENCEL™ Lyocell fibers to make fabrics and garments.

TENCEL™ fibers bring 
consumers a new standard 
of natural comfort.

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INK Premium eco-friendly textile printing in Brussels, Belgium – garment & printing services
Reduce The Impact (some good advice about sustainable textiles)
A first step to reduce our impact would be to use organic cotton. However, garments with alternative fibers such as linen, Tencel, Modal and bambou offer a very good alternative to cotton. But we believe that the ultimate solution is to use recycled cotton.

Go to their catalog page and click on one of these: Greenest, Greener, Green, Not Green. Click on a product and you will find all details, including the brand.

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Your customer has a new product…you printed Bags with their new product name and Brand for a trade show.
Did they give them all away?

OR are the left-over bags sitting in a warehouse taking up space.  They are now a form of Waste. “Stuff We All Get” =  SWAG  The Freebies that companies give away at conferences, political campaigns or product introductions.  
SWAG = Unusable Branded Merchandise. A $30 Million industry, in the USA alone.  

Do you have customers that have warehouses full of old unused SWAG?   Or do you store them?  Do not send them to a Landfill! There is now a company in the USA, that wants to help you upcycle or recycle this waste.   SWAG CYCLE 

When companies rebrand or finish a marketing campaign, it’s not unusual to have leftover branded merchandise, or swag.

If your items have outdated marketing messages that need to leave the marketplace, we, at SwagCycle, will work with our recycling partners to leave the smallest footprint possible.

Whether it’s a few t-shirts or boxes and boxes of bags with the outdated company logo, the question is the same:
How to dispose of unusable swag in a responsible way? SwagCycle has the solution.

Here at SwagCycle, we have a simple and efficient 3-step process to address this challenge for your organization. Swag Cycle will help you donate or up-cycle your branded merchandise to keep these items out of landfills and make a difference in the community and the environment.

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>>>Are you printing on plastic? That’s in the next post. >>>

NO EXCUSES!

If you are a Textile print shop.
YOU CAN BE GREEN! NOW!

The Winners!
The first Industry that can go completely Circular…NOW!
Here are a number of posts on the already Sustainable Circular Printing & Packaging industry:
Every Print Shop can “Go ECO”! NOW!
Marketing PRINTING & PACKAGING – Trends ..using sustainable suppliers
INK
ECO Paper
Eco-Packaging
eco-Textile
eco-Plastic
Eco-Printing & Packaging EQUIPMENT
Eco Single-Use