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How to Recycle Blue Jeans
By Tobin Hack, Plenty magazine
Got a pile of old, ripped jeans in need of recycling? You might have heard about home insulation made from denim, but don’t know how to donate.
Well Bonded Logic makes insulation out of old denim, proof of which is that Newsweek profile of Adrian Grenier. The tree-hugging “Entourage” star is caught posing suggestively in front of his recycled jeans wall at his eco home in Brooklyn. Hot.
Most of the fabric Bonded Logic uses comes from factory floors, but some does come from jeans-wearing consumers, as well. Send yours to Green Jeans Insulation, at this address:
Fair Indigo Denim Drive
c/o Green Jeans Insulation Inc.
1109 W. Milwaukee St.
Stoughton, WI 53589
Once you’ve got the old things off your hands, consider replacing them with sustainable, organic ones. The denim industry—what with all that toxic blue dye, stone washing, and chemical-intensive cotton—has been known to really do a number on rivers, soil, and Mama earth at large. Fortunately, enough companies are now making sustainable jeans that you can green your pants without sacrificing style. We love Sling and Stones and J Brand’s new green line. Nothing comes between you and your sustainable slacks.
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add your comment »really good post and a good idea to get rid of the old ones.
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cool idea.. but I already converted one of my jeans made it into a nice fashionable sling bag.. haven't tried recycling yet.. but this is cool..thanks!
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GO GREEN!
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awesome!! i will definitely do this!
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It's technically impossible to buy organic in my country. I would buy online but man the prices are atrocious.
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cool idea!!!:)
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wow, i had no idea you could recycle jeans:)
i usually give my old ones to good will.
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GOOD IDEA!
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