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The North Face and Unifi’s recycled off-cuts boost production by 40%

28/01/2015

Outdoor brand The North Face (TNF) and US-based yarn producer Unifi have created a process to reuse fabric left over in the production process to make new textiles. After using Unifi’s Repreve in its Denali line of fleece jackets, TNF realised 15% of fabric used in garment production is discarded. It sent the off-cuts to Unifi's Recycling Centre ...

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