Northeast Textiles Targets Recycled Polyester Cloth
September 26, 2007
CLOVER, South Carolina—Northeast Textiles, Inc. has launched a Re-Deux recycled polyester basecloth program featuring Visa, intrinsic-FR cloth from Milliken.
Copland is also supplying recycled FR polyester basecloth in narrow widths to Northeast for the program. The yarn for both programs is called Repreve® from Unifi.
"Four yards of recycled fabric saves one gallon of gasoline so that a 1,000-room hotel can save the equivalent of 4,500 gallons of gas," said Dean Gordon, vice president of sales & marketing for Northeast.
"It also keeps fabric from going into a landfill reducing bottle and industrial waste,'' he said. ''While it adds 15-20 percent to the cost of the goods, there are ecological benefits which people are now concerned about. We're offering all of our printed patterns on Visa/Milliken and Copland Mills fabrics. We've had a phenomenal reaction from four to six star higher end properties. They can afford the price differential. Economy properties are not buying the product to the same degree.''
Prices of the printed recycled polyester Re-Deux cloths are in the $5.25-$7.50 in 54 inch. On wide width 126 inch, they are priced from $14-$15.75.
Copland is also supplying recycled FR polyester basecloth in narrow widths to Northeast for the program. The yarn for both programs is called Repreve® from Unifi.
"Four yards of recycled fabric saves one gallon of gasoline so that a 1,000-room hotel can save the equivalent of 4,500 gallons of gas," said Dean Gordon, vice president of sales & marketing for Northeast.
"It also keeps fabric from going into a landfill reducing bottle and industrial waste,'' he said. ''While it adds 15-20 percent to the cost of the goods, there are ecological benefits which people are now concerned about. We're offering all of our printed patterns on Visa/Milliken and Copland Mills fabrics. We've had a phenomenal reaction from four to six star higher end properties. They can afford the price differential. Economy properties are not buying the product to the same degree.''
Prices of the printed recycled polyester Re-Deux cloths are in the $5.25-$7.50 in 54 inch. On wide width 126 inch, they are priced from $14-$15.75.
