POLYMER : THERMOPLASTIC

POLYMER : THERMOPLASTIC

Green Clothing

From Recycle

Plastic Bottle

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OUR TEAM Athirah Nazifa
Nur Qistina Izzati Binti
Nur Aimi Nadhirah

Binti Nawi Che Jamal Baseri Binti Mohd. Adzmi

D20191088818 D20191088791 D20191088393

Mohd. Faiz Bin
Muhd. Solihin Bin

Abu Bakar Muhd. Bakhari

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CONTENTS

1.0 Introduction of Thermoplastic Polymer
2.0 Introduction of Green Clothing
3.0 Green Clothing Historical Timeline
4.0 Brands that Produce Green Clothing
5.0 How to Produce Green Clothing
6.0 Green Clothing Characteristics
7.0 Types of Green Clothing Fabric
8.0 The Advantages of Green Clothing
9.0 The Disadvantages of Green Clothing
10.0 Conclusion

1.0

Introduction of
Thermoplastic

Polymer

What's Polymer ? A polymer is a simply a material of composed of many
repeated units called monomers that link together into
chains or branches

Thermoplastic Thermoset

Group of

Polymer

Elastomer

Thermoplastic or thermosoft plastic is a plastic
polymer material that becomes pliable or moldable at
a certain elevated temperature

Green clothing is an example of thermoplastic which
using bottle and recycle make clothes

2.0

Introduction of

Green Clothing

Green Clothing

Green clothing also known as natural clothing, eco friendly,
alternative and organic clothes

Green clothing refers to fabrics that are obtained from
sustainable material like recycle plastic bottles

Green clothing is very popular among designers nowadays, and
there is always a new collection or always 'up-to-date'.

Innovating on eco-friendly materials to make coastal cool
apparel more sustainable is already a favourite among
designers and buyers.

3.0

Green Clothing
Historical Timeline

GREEN CLOTHING

Kate Fletcher coined

HISTORICAL TIMELINE the term “slow

The Global Reporting
fashion”.
The rise of mass
Initiative (GRI), an

production and the
international non-

beginning of ethical
profit organization

was founded.
issues in supply

chains.

1970 1980 1989 1997 2002 2007

Sustainable fashion
The World Fair Trade
The Global Organic

began with hippies
Organization was
Textile Standard

focusing on locally
created by over 70

grown and handmade
countries. (GOTS) was formed.

clothing.

GREEN CLOTHING

The True Cost

HISTORICAL TIMELINE documentary is

GRI 4.0 is released.
Ethical Fashion Forum launches

released.
SOURCE.

Rana Plaza factory collapses killing 1,129
2015
garment workers.
The Detox Campaign by Greenpeace

begins.



Fair Trade USA launches first ethical

fashion certification label.



2009 2011 2012 2013 2014

Beginning of the
The California Transparency in Supply Chain
Fashion Revolution Day begins.
Sustainable Apparel
Act is passed.



Coalition. Levi’s develops manufacturing for jeans

H&M launches Conscious Collection. with 100% recycled water.

GREEN CLOTHING


HISTORICAL TIMELINE

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation shines light on
The UN launched the Alliance for Sustainable Fashion at the

shocking statistics of the fashion industry’s
UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. The Alliance


environmental impact through its report ‘A New
aims to put a stop to the environmentally and socially

Textiles Economy: Redesigning Fashion’s Future’. destructive practices of the fashion and textile industry,


through coordinated action from key players.

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Common Objective (CO) was founded

Signatories of the 2020 Circular Fashion System Commitment

towards the end of 2016, thanks to
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation launched
have fared well in their goals. Sportswear giant Adidas


investments raised by the team behind the
the Global Commitment programme. managed to achieve the use of 50% recycled plastic waste in

Ethical Fashion Forum. The programme was launched in order to
their products, as well as utilizing 100% sustainable cotton in


curb plastic pollution at the source. its materials, mainly sourced from Better Cotton Initiative.

4.0

Brand That

Produce Green

Clothing

PRADA

Prada produced Re-Nylon bomber

jacket that cost RM13 722.97. Made

of Re-Nylon, an industrial-inspired

fabric that is emblematic of the

brand and produced from

recycled plastic collected in the

ocean.

Materials : Nylon

Main Factory Located At : Italy

PUMA

In 21 Feb 2020, Puma X First Mile
has launched a sportwear collection

made from recycled plastic. This line


will include shorts, t-shirts, joggers,

leggings, sports bras, and running


shoes.



Materials : Polyester & Elastane



Main Factory Located At : Germany

NIKE

NIKE revolutionary football kit for

inter milan combines this high

performance with a production

philosophy that reduces

environmental impact. The jerseys

are made from at least 95% recycled

plastic bottles. In comparison,

recycled polyester cuts carbon

emissions by up to 30% compared to

virgin polyester.

Materials : Polyester

Main Factory Located At :

Bearvegon, Oregon, U.S

ADIDAS

Adidas is using fibers created from

items recovered from the oceans

(such as plastic nets, bags, and

bottles) to create shoes and

garments.


Materials : Polyester



Main Factory Located At : Germany

1. Factories That Produce Plastic
3.
FAIR HARBOR Clothing in The World GIRLFRIEND

COLLECTIVE
2.

KARÜN

Located At :
Located At :
Located At :

New York, North Seattle,
U.S
America Washington,
U.S

5.0

How to Produce
Green Clothing

From
Turning post-consumer

plastic to
plastic bottles into ultra

clothes
soft, fashionable and

eco-friendly clothing.

Same quality as other

apparel, just sustainable.

18

6 STEPS : TIMELINE

The bottles are
Next, the plastic
Lastly, the yarn is

clinically washed,
flakes are melted
woven into modern,

Monica from Friends
sustainable clothing
into tiny pellets
style.

12 34 5 6

Collect 6-8 large
The plastic
The pellets are

post-consummer
bottles are then
extruded and

PET plastic bottles
spun into soft

(for a recycled t-
shredded to

flakes yarn
shirt)

PROCESS STEP BY STEP TO MAKE CLOTH

STEP 1 : STEP 2 : STEP 3 :

recycled bottles collected and After that, put in Then, after shreds the plastic
cleaned by water then sorted by the machine and bottles its wet so the next step is
shreaded into small pieces
the colours and sizing. the ovens

STEP 4 : STEP 5 : STEP 6 :

The ovens where it's mixed with some light Workers have to manuever their Next, mixture plastic sent through
colored plastics to produce white cloth and cart back and forth underneath the rotating screw where it's heated to
drums to catch the plastic as it falls 270 Celcius this melds the plastic
it takes about 10 hours in this process by
rotating drums slowly drying out out then thread the liquid plastic
automatically because we don't want a big lump.

STEP 7 : STEP 8 : STEP 9 :

Thread the liquid plastic by forces through a Then, it must be combined and combined and streched while being
sieve and emerges on the other side great long streched several times first because heated that material will bond the

strings which are collected in the container it's not enough to make cloth yet fibers together
below

STEP 10 : STEP 11 : STEP 12 :

As we can see, the fibers were bond The next step is to tear it apart This machine scrapes it all onto a
together and now the process it's taken again the fluff that emerges is the very rough cloth which is loaded
raw substance to make polyester here ready to be carded. Carding is
ages to produce and workers bail it up like cotton
wool because it's will process in where the bonded fibers are
brushed together so they all lie in a
another factory similar direction which strengthens

the material

STEP 13 : STEP 14 : STEP 15 :

As we can see now, the polyester Then, spin off mile after mile of Finally we reach to the process that
ready to be turned into thread pure polyester which is collected plastic bottles become cloth like a
these machines will tease it out. spider at the center of its web the
on these bobbins loom draws in thousands of threads

and weaves a new sheet of
polyester to give it a smoother feel

6.0

Green Clothing
Characteristics

Green
Organic, natural, biodegradable fabrics
Clothing

From Recycle
Recycled clothing or repurposed

Plastic Bottle materials

incorporates brands and
Non-toxic dyes
designers who are creating

clothing that could include the
Zero waste pattern cutting methods
following characteristics
Plastic-free packaging

Slow fashion models – seasonless,

timeless pieces and limited collections

Traditional or community

craftsmanship techniques

7.0

Types of
Green Clothing

Fabrics

1 Nylon is the name of a family of

synthetic polymers that are

NYLON commonly used to make a

FABRIC variety of different types of

apparel and consumer goods.

Unlike other organic or semi-

synthetic fibers, nylon fibers are

entirely synthetic, which means

that they have no basis in
organic material.

2

POLYESTER FABRIC

In short, polyester is plastic. Polyester fabric is a synthetic fabric woven with

threads made from polyester fibers. Polyester fibers are the product of a

chemical reaction between coal, petroleum, air, and water. Not only is polyester

derived from non-renewable resources, but the process of extraction from

fossil fuels yields a high carbon footprint and significant byproducts. Once it

has reached the end of its product life, polyester fabric takes decades to break

down.

3 Acrylic fabric is made with plastic threads. The

plastic threads are made of a manmade

polymer fiber created from fossil fuels through

a chemical process. Acrylic fabric is made in a

way similar to the production of polyamide

fabric (or nylon fabric) and polyester fabric.

ACRYLIC FABRIC

Elastane is the generic term used to describe branded textiles

such as Lycra. This type of fabric is also called spandex, and its

primary attribute is its incredible elasticity.

Elastane is composed of a long chain polymer known as

polyurethane, and it is known in technical circles as a polyether-

polyurea copolymer. Elastane is an entirely synthetic fabric; no

organic materials are used to make this substance, and it does

not exist anywhere in nature.

4 This textile is composed of a long chain polymer known as

polyurethane, and it is known in technical circles as a polyether-

polyurea copolymer. Elastane is an entirely synthetic fabric; no

organic materials are used to make this substance, and it does

not exist anywhere in nature.

ELASTANE FABRIC

8.0

The Advantages of

Green Clothing

Keeping plastics from going to landfill and the
ocean

Recycled polyester (rPET) material quality is
comparable to the virgin polyester and use less
resorces to produce

Reducing dependency on virgin petroleum as raw
material sources

rPET could reduce emission by up to 32% compared
to virgin polyester

9.0

The Disadvantages

of Green Clothing

Has its limitation

The recycling process does impact environment
too
Recycled polyester releases microplastics

The recycled clothes are less durable

10.0

Conclusion

CONCLUSION

From eco-friendly apparel made from recycled

plastic bottles, when one plastic bottle is

recycled, one can save enough energy to light

60 watt bulb for six hours. As our environment is

at risk and the world is becoming more eco-

conscious, one can see a rise in the usage of

recycled plastic fabrics for daily needs.

We believe life becomes more meaningful with

a purpose. Turn heads and spark conversations

wearing apparel with purpose. Our apparel is

not just a piece of cloth, it's a statement about

saving the earth and next generation life.