Recycled and Recyclable Polyester

We have chosen to make our tents from post consumer recycled plastic bottles. Why? Because recycled polyester tents are a positive step towards a more sustainable system – one that uses fewer resources, discards less and better protects people’s health. What others throw away, we choose to use, because quality isn’t only how a product looks or functions.

For our tent fabric we work with specialist suppliers who have developed an innovative recycling process that makes new polyester fibres from used drinks bottles, unusable second quality fabrics and worn out garments. It’s all part of making Green as efficient and innovative as possible, but also using appropriate materials that have inherent benefits to the product being produced and the wellbeing of the environment.

Benefits of recycled and recyclable polyester:

• Reduces the demand for and lessens our dependence on oil.
  
• Provides a use for material that would otherwise be discarded so less landfill and no toxic emissions from refuse incinerators.
  
• Promoting a new recycling stream for polyester clothing that is no longer wearable – where we lead, others will follow with other recyclable applications.
  
• Creates less air, water and soil contamination.
  
• Recycled polyester equals lower energy consumption in comparison to virgin polyester.
  

Hemp

Though our hemp is not certified organic* it is grown organically using all natural ingredients: compost, animal manure and rainfall. We use hemp blended with cotton.

Unfortunately, industrial hemp is illegal to grow in most parts of the world. Activists, businesses and farmers alike are working hard to get the laws changed, but an aura of fear still surrounds most of the government agencies involved. We currently import our high-quality hemp from China and continue to hope that it might some day grow freely again.

Benefits of Hemp

• Requires no artificial irrigation.
  
• Uses no pesticides or synthetic fertilizers.
  
• Harvested and processed by hand.
  
• One of the most, if not the most, durable natural fibres on the planet.
  
• Wonderful fabric drape that’s comparable to linen.

The reason our hemp isn't certified organic is due to the lobbying against growing hemp by and in industrialised countries, chiefly the USA, hence no manufactured accreditation scheme for hemp cropping. You will however be pleased to know that the methods used to grow our hemp are organic, as the most efficient and sustainable way to grow it is with good old fashioned muck and rain water. The rest is down to nature, farmers continue to rely on this most basic and simple of methods to grow hemp just as they have for hundreds of years.