MUNICH – Outdoor brand Ortovox has said it will now concentrate on textile-to-textile recycling in the future and no longer use PET bottles as raw materials for its textile products.
The plans are outlined in the company’s latest sustainability report, Planet Report, in which it says that while the use of recycled plastic bottles to make clothes has become a standard practice across the fashion industry, the company is now looking into more sustainable alternatives.
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