GREENSBORO – Recycled polyester yarn producer Unifi is celebrating after hitting its target of recycling 30 billion post-consumer plastic bottles into fibres.
The company, which supplies brands such as Patagonia and The North Face, transforms used PET bottles into its Repreve-branded recycled performance fibres.
Unifi, which had pledged to transform 20 billion bottles by 2020 and 30 billion by 2022, said it was proud to hit the 30 billion milestone in November 2021.
