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Performance Days celebrates 'first fleece' to biodegrade in sea

31/10/2017
Italian fabric developer Pontetorto’s Biopile has been named the winner of the Eco Performance award at trade show Performance Days, for what organisers suggest is the first fleece that does not release microplastics.

The brushed inner side of the fabric is 100% Tencel from Lenzing, which degrades. 

“Consequently, if the tiniest of fleece particles separate when washed, they decompose in less than a year without any residue or risk to any creatures,” said a statement from the show.

The exterior is made from 100% recycled polyester.

Performance Days takes place on November 8 and 9 in Munich, Germany.


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