{"id":12951,"date":"2014-10-13T10:07:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T17:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=12951"},"modified":"2014-10-13T10:07:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T17:07:55","slug":"dirtball-fashion-recycled-mens-clothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/dirtball-fashion-recycled-mens-clothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirtball Fashion: Recycled Clothing for Conscious Dudes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We don’t talk about men’s clothing a lot around here, but dudes deserve good-looking clothes with a conscience, too! A new brand – Dirtball Fashion – makes men’s clothing from recycled fabric and plastic water bottles.<\/p>\n

Related: Two Birds Apparel Organic Cotton Collection for Men<\/a>, Dada Underwear for Men: Sustainable, Beautiful, Comfortable<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

All of the clothing from Dirtball Fashion is made in the USA, which means you can also feel confident that your recycled tee or pair of jeans isn’t just good for the planet. It’s also good for the workers who make it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dirtball Fashion even makes a “Green Jean.” The denim jeans are 71 percent conventional cotton (boo!)<\/a> and 29 percent recycled plastic water bottles (yay!). If you need a pair of khakis, though, the khaki version is a combo of recycled cotton and plastic bottles. Double yay!<\/p>\n

The brand is working on expanding its outerwear line with a new piece that they’re calling “The 50” Jacket. The jacket is totally recyclable and each one is made from 50 recycled water bottles. Check out the Kickstarter video for The 50 Jacket below! If you want one, you can preorder and help support Dirtball Fashion’s newest addition to its line<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new jacket is both recycled and recyclable, which is pretty freaking awesome. You can read a little bit more on how I think some clothing companies conflate these two things right here<\/a>. A product that hits both of these criteria is definitely impressive.<\/p>\n

Jeff McIntire Strasburg at our sister site Sustainablog wrote a more in-depth piece on The 50 Jacket<\/a> and its potential impacts.<\/p>\n

Turning PET Plastic Bottles into Recyclable Fashion: \u201cthe 50\u2033 Jacket<\/h2>\n

by Jeff McIntire-Strasburg<\/em><\/p>\n

For years, I\u2019ve assumed that plastic recycling was largely a \u201clesser of two evils\u201d thing: yes, it\u2019s definitely better than sending it to a landfill, but plastics are inevitably \u201cdowncycled\u201d into a lesser material\u2026 and that material will definitely end up in a landfill because it can\u2019t be recycled. So, the only environmentally-friendly way to deal with that PET plastic water bottle is to avoid it completely \u2013 eventually, it\u2019s going to end up in the ground, where it will never completely decompose\u2026 right?<\/p>\n

Related: Are all plastic containers with the recycling logo recyclable?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Well, largely, but the folks at made-in-the-US eco-fashion brand Dirtball have undermined one (critical) part of that assumption: the further recyclability of recycled plastic. Their new \u201cthe 50\u2033 jacket doesn\u2019t just feature material made from (you guessed it) 50 used plastic water bottles; the material itself is recyclable (which the company will do if you send the jacket back to them). Joe Fox, founder of Dirtball, has the details:<\/p>\n