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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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I am interested in this topic. Where do we send levis to be recycled? Please help me.
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Nice work, excellent idea if all that fails http://www.buyingorganic.co.uk
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This is so cool. :) I also use old jeans to make stuffed pet toys of my own design.
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Good idea.
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Reuse is more important than recycle. Sending things to be "recycled" does reuse the old raw materials, but it takes a great amount of energy nonetheless.
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I checked some of the links in this article. Really, $227.00 for a pair of JEANS???? When people are homeless, starving, dying in the world??????? I can think of much better things to do with my money.
And since the website says they are no longer accepting donations, what about Goodwill, Savers or your local thrift store? I'm sure they could use them???
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this is nice to know but since they're no longer taking donations, guess we have to stock pile them until they do!
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They make Great-hand-me-ups! Being the oldest of 2 My brother woud go thru the knees of his jeans. Instead of throwing them out, she would cut them off at the hole, hem them up & I would have a new pair 9well-almost new) I am a Dwarf, my brother is average height
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It seems they are no more accepting donations.
THANK YOU to everyone who donated jeans and made our collection efforts such a huge success. So much so that we are not taking donations at this time
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