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Timberland to use fabric from responsible manufacturer

06/06/2016

Outdoor brand Timberland has partnered with Thread, a manufacturer that creates fabric from plastic bottles collected in Haiti and Honduras, on a collection of footwear and bags that will launch in Spring 2017.

The Thread Ground to Good fabric has up to 50% recycled PET from plastic bottles found in streets, canals and neighbourhoods in the two countries. The Thread initiative also provides jobs for nearly 3,600 people in the developing world as well as training and micro-loan programmes.

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