Patagonia, Teijin to Collaborate to Initiate Closed-loop Polyester Product Recycling Program.Tokyo, Japan, Aug 17, 2005 - (JCNN JCNN Japan Corporate News Network ) - Patagonia and Teijin announced on August 15 that the companies have decided to jointly carry out a polyester product recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. program starting in September. Under the program, Patagonia will recover from customers used Capilene line products, which are functional underwears produced by Patagonia, and Teijin will recycle re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. them as polyester materials at a "fiber-to-fiber" recycling facility in Teijin Fibers' Matsuyama plant. Collaboration will make Participating the first company in the US to start a recovery and recycling program. It will also enable Teijin to deploy the Teijin Fibers recycling system Eco Circle globally. Today about 70 companies use the Eco Circle system. Source: JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) http://www.japancorp.net Copyright [c] 2005 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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