Recycled fabric t-shirt line are made from pre-consumer fibers and clippings that are collected after the cut and sew process, sorted by color, blended, spun and knit into new fabric. There are numerous benefits to recycling discarded fabric cuttings to make new t-shirts, including:

• The discarded fabric is not sent to a landfill as waste.
• The recycled fabric made from pre-consumer cuttings requires no new dying, saving energy, water and other manufacturing resources.
• No land use, no water intensive irrigation, no fertilizers or pesticides as are used in growing new cotton

Step 1: Textile waste or clippings are collected from several pre-consumer venues, primarily apparel.

Step 2: Clippings are sorted by color and chopped into a fine linty material called “shoddy.”

Step 3: Shoddy is then spun into a yarn that is used to produce fabric.

Step 4: The fabric is used to produce Anvil^® Recycled tees.

Anvil^® is a proud member of the Organic Exchange, a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding organic agriculture, with a specific focus on increasing the production and use of organically grown fibers such as cotton.

Last updated on July 27, 2011 by Ember Hulett