8 bottles recycled and kept out of the landfill = 1 new polo shirt. These green polo shirts are made from 100% post-consumer recycled PET bottles. 8bottles states that the Performance Polo is the only pure recycled polo with no post-industrial fiber or added dyes.
The company hand-sorts and cleans the bottles, then transforms them into microfiber moisture-wicking fabric. The fabric, which is said to feel like silk, is colorfast and washable. Appropriately enough – the natural green color of the shirts comes from the recycled bottles.
$39.95 @ 8bottles.com
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I wonder if this fabric is breathable?
To Minnie:
Yes, the fabric is breathable. I have one, and they used a mock mesh construction to allow for more breathability, and they used and micro-fiber and a moisture-wicking agent to make it quite comfortable.
I had the same concerns, simply because it’s hard to believe that plastic bottles can be trasnformed into such comfort. Yet I still chose to purchase a shirt because the only way more bottles get recycled, is if more shirts are purchased. I’m glad I did, and had have been reccomending it to anyone who will listen.
Hope this helps, Jim