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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD_Jeans https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD_Jeans A satisfied customer

• refurb 5y ago
  That seems like a marketing gimmick? I mean denim is already a renewable resource. Recycling old denim costs energy just like producing new denim. It’s like people who feel good about putting plastic in the recycling bin even though most of it ends up in landfills.
  • xxs 5y ago
    I guess the major issue with 'plastics' is that they are wildly different. Polyethylene (PE, LDPE - plastic bags, HDPE - pipes], Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene - ABS [Lego, cheap tools shell], and polycarbonate (PC plexiglass, quality tools] would be pretty much the same (just plastic) for most people. Yet, even sorting them is expensive, then the quality and degradation of the source material is unknown, so recycling them for new products is not very feasible.
  • scns 5y ago
    You can talk it down if you want, it is easy, did that for years. I like that they are doing something that makes them earn less but has a positive effect. Cotton production needs huge amount of water. Would it be better to burn or throw those jeans in a landfill? Got some sweaters by [0]. The label says how many PET-bottles got recycled for it. [0] https://www.craghoppers.com/ https://www.craghoppers.com/
    • refurb 5y ago
      What do you mean “earn less”? If anything they might earn more.
      • scns 5y ago
        They earn less, since recycling costs money.