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Our recycled polyester uses “polyethylene terephthalate" or PET, the same material that many plastic bottles are made from.
When it comes to manufacturing virgin polyester, a significant amount of greenhouse gases enter our environment from industrial production and the amount of energy required to heat the polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Tontine’s Eco Fibre™ Sustainable Polyester by comparison requires half as much energy to heat the plastic chips from the recycled PET bottles, using significantly less energy and produces far fewer greenhouse gases.
Tontine’s work with Sustainable Polyester helps save tonnes of plastic bottles from entering the ocean or landfill. In fact, one regular pillow made with our Eco Fibre™ polyester reclaims around 25 PET bottles, and a regular quilt reclaims about 100 PET bottles. We estimate that in any given twelve months we’ve repurposed approximately 100 million plastic bottles.
There are various sustainability initiatives that Tontine takes part in including:
Tontine also uses locally sourced materials for their products wherever possible, including 100% Australian wool. This not only supports local businesses but helps us reduce the emissions required to transport our raw materials.
While not all of Tontine’s products use recycled materials, Tontine is dedicated to establishing sustainable actions and processes, developing many initiatives to reduce our environmental impact.
