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The true cost of textiles Blankets and bedding onboard add comfort and wellbeing but if you're looking to make sustainable choices Ellie Parkes, of textiles specialist John Horsfall, encourages you to think beyond recycled fleece to consider the full life-cycle of the products... As the post-pandemic rebuilding begins it is clear sustainability is back on the agenda. Airlines are asking for sustainable options and trying to do the right thing, but they don't necessarily know quite what that means when it comes to textiles. Buyers are showing commitment to sustainability but they are not textile experts so they need support in their decision-making and the answers are not straight-forward. Sometimes the most obvious solution is not the most sustainable long-term. These are multi-faceted decisions which take careful thought...
to also think about how long that product will be used for before its quality falls below what is required, and Think life-cycle then consider what It is important to will happen to it when consider the entire life of a textile product Recycled materials are its life onboard ends. Even recycled products the manufacturing, the increasingly widely come at a cost to the use, the laundering, available but are not environment and in the durability and the always the most some circumstances disposal. sustainable option combining recycled Buyers often start fibres with a more by focusing on traditional woven fabric, which will be much recycled material, which can make more long lasting, adds to the sustainability great sense. Recycled polyester is of an onboard textile choice. made from waste plastics, such as rPET created from plastic water bottles which might otherwise end Think durability up in landfill. It is a material which A bespoke woven fabric made from tightly spun yarn in a compact weave construction behaves in a very similar way to virgin will be really hard-wearing. Compared with polyester so as a swap for fleece blankets a knitted, brushed fleece there will be less or duvet fillings it can be a great place to risk of shedding and piling and you will not start. But if you make that choice you need
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