Sun-Drop race team to use Repreve
Unifi has announced that its Repreve recycled fibres will be featured in the new line of Sun-Drop race team and branded apparel. Sun-Drop will sponsor the No. 01 car at the NASCAR Nationwide Series Race on May 23 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in North Carolina. Danny O’Quinn, Jr, the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year will be behind the wheel.
“I am proud to be associated with Sun-Drop and the Repreve brand,” said Mr O’Quinn, Jr, driver of the JD Motorsport’s 01 Chevrolet Impala. “This is a great opportunity to raise the visibility of recycling and this partnership will show our fans how curbside recycling can make a difference, even in the clothes we wear.”
The Repreve family of recycled yarns is created from both post and pre-consumer waste in order to reduce energy consumption and conserve petroleum resources by offsetting the need to produce virgin polyester. The production of Repreve eliminates six steps required to produce the raw materials for polyester, conserving approximately 135,000 BTUs of energy per kilo.
