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Timberland to use fabric from responsible manufacturer

03/06/2016

Outdoor brand Timberland has partnered with Thread, a manufacturer that creates fabric from plastic bottles collected in Haiti and Honduras, on a collection of footwear and bags that will launch in Spring 2017. The Thread Ground to Good fabric has up to 50% recycled PET from plastic bottles found in streets, canals and neighbourhoods in the two...

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