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Water-Repellent Zippers: Where Sustainability and Innovation Meet

Water-Repellent Zippers: Where Sustainability and Innovation Meet

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Our AquaGuard® NATULON® water repellent zippers allow you to enhance your garment’s functionality the sustainable way! Here’s how:  Sustainable Materials  To minimize our ecological footprint, we have transitioned from using virgin polyester tape to a post-consumer recycled polyester. The elimination of oil production and refining in the creation of recycled…

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Turning Waste into Products

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Each year, millions of metric tons of plastic infiltrate our oceans, where it harms marine life. A large component of this plastic is Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles (AKA plastic bottles). This fact greatly disturbed YKK employees in Sri Lanka, who in response set up collection bins for ocean-bound plastic bottles,…

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