TAKE BACK OUR PLANET, DIVERT LANDFILL & REDUCE  STOCKPILES

AN INNOVATIVE ECO-SOLUTION TO KEEPING PLASTIC POLLUTION OUT OF OUR PARKS, BEACHES & HIGHWAYS. LEARN MORE ABOUT HI-VISIBILITY APPAREL MADE FROM BIO-BASED FIBER MATERIAL!

Find out how America can fight back against its arch nemesis plastic thanks to a new sustainable material made from discarded P.E.T. bottles!

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In terms of volume, environmental destruction and the cost of cleanup, plastic is the planet’s major arch nemesis. Americans buy 50 billion water bottles a year or 100 million plastic water bottles per day but only 86% of these water bottles end up in landfill where it takes at least 1000 years to breakdown, leaching pollutants such as toxic microplastics into our soil and waterways.

Unfortunately, most plastics never make it into recycling bins or even landfills. Instead, ten million tons of plastic finds its way into rivers, flood channels and eventually the ocean.  The U.S. alone spends about $11.5 billion every year cleaning up litter, according to Keep America Beautiful — and that number seems likely to keep growing thanks to COVID-19.

ENVIRONMENTAL GUARDIANS

From State Park Departments to non-profits, from Adopt a Beach to the Great American Cleanup®, countless volunteers stock up on trash collection bags, disposable gloves and venture out to our waterways, roadways and community parks in an attempt to eradicate litter all across the country. Before these thankless volunteers are dispatched, many will be required to wear bright-colored safety apparel so they remain highly visible and safe when walking among busy highways.

ECO-CLOTHING

If you’re in charge of environmental clean-up efforts and  planning to equip individuals with hi-visibility safety garments such as traffic safety vests, work t-shirts, sweatshirts or winter jackets with retro-reflective accents, then you absolutely need to consider this line of industrial Eco-friendly safety clothing that utilizes bio-based yarn technology.

TAKE BACK PLASTICS & OUR PLANET

Go ahead and toot your horn! Your crews and volunteers will absolutely love the idea that the high-visibility apparel they are wearing to protect their personal visibility safety was actually created from sustainable material processed from plastic water bottle waste removed from our environment! In some cases as many as 70 P.E.T. bottles are digested to construct just one eco-garment!

SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL + ECO-PACKAGING

In an attempt to rid single use plastic from our supply chains and as a way of “protecting our planet”, Portwest®, a 120 year old global manufacturer of workwear, safety gear and P.P.E. (Personal Protection Equipment)  has recently created an innovative collection of Eco-safety high-visibility safety clothing known as Portwest® Planet.

The Portwest® Planet brand is dedicated to increasing the use of sustainable and recycled materials in product manufacturing that includes sustainably sourced packaging and labels.

Portwest® garments are ethically produced in fully owned factories. In addition, it is ISO 14001 environmentally accredited, chemically compliant by Okeo-Tex® Standard 100 and quality management assured by ISO 9001.

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Now you can equip your team with ANSI/ISEA 107 compliant apparel that utilizes recycled polyester yarns produced from discarded P.E.T. bottles. Portwest Planet’s selection of high-visibility outer safety wear includes:

• +EC76 Class 2 Traffic Safety Vests (uses 7 P.E.T. water bottles)
• +EC12 Class 2 Short Sleeve T-shirts (uses 10 P.E.T. water bottles)
• +EC13 Class 3 Sweatshirts (uses 27 P.E.T. water bottles)
• +EC60 Class 3 Winter Jackets (uses 72 P.E.T. water bottles)

LOWER CARBON FOOTPRINT

The use of recycled polyester yarn produced from P.E.T. (rPET) actually requires fewer resources than that of new fibers and generates fewer CO2 emissions. And it can be recycled again closing the loop. In addition, diverting P.E.T. bottles from landfill ultimately reduces soil contamination, air pollution and toxic microplastics from entering of water supply and food chain.

BIO-BASED WORK GLOVES

SUSTAINABLE GLOVE SHELL

Portwest® has proudly created a line of sustainable industrial hand protection. The Portwest® Planet portfolio of work gloves feature bio-based fibers created from P.E.T. consumer plastic waste (rPET) or bamboo viscose that’s blended with recycled polyester to create a comfortable, long-lasting glove shell.

• BAMBOO FABRIC:  Bamboo viscose is a natural textile made from the pulp of bamboo grass. Bamboo used to produce fabrics is a sustainable crop and easily replenished and capable of self-regeneration that requires no fertilizer to grow. Bamboo grows in depleted soil and helps return vital nutrients to the soil and most importantly, is biodegradable.

+shop for Portwest® Planet AP10 Bamboo Foam Nitrile Coated Bio-Based Work Glove

• P.E.T. PLASTIC:  The use of recycled polyester produced from P.E.T. bottles (rPET), requires fewer resources than that of new fibers and generates fewer CO2 emissions. And it can be recycled again closing the loop. In addition, diverting P.E.T. bottles from landfill reduces soil contamination, air and water pollution from toxic micro-plastic.

+shop for Portwest® Planet AP12 Microfoam Nitrile Coated A1 Bio-Based Safety Glove

+shop for Portwest® Planet AP15 Eco-Friendly Microfoam Nitrile Coated A2 Bio-Based Safety Glove

+shop for Portwest® Planet AP18 Eco-Friendly Microfoam Nitrile Coated A3 Bio-Based Safety Glove

+shop for Portwest® Planet A150 Classic Hi-Vis Latex Coated A1 Bio-Based Safety Glove

These Eco-conscious work safety glove products are made from certified recycled fabrics with sustainably sourced packaging and labels. Using Global Recycled Standard certified fabrics provides enhanced visibility on responsible social, environmental and chemical practices in the production of fabric using recycled materials.

Cleanups are fun, rewarding and an easy way to give back to the community and keeps plastic pollution out of our environment. Shop Portwest's affordable line-up of products and take back our planet.

+shop for Portwest® Planet products here

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