SCS approval for EcoSure
Scientific Certification Systems has completed the evaluation of EcoSure and EcoSure Wellstrand fibres manufactured by Poole Company in in South Carolina, USA and China.
Based on the renewal evaluation, these products have fully qualified for certification under the SCS Recycled Content Certification Programme.
“There are very few fibre manufacturers that are currently certified by SCS for recycled content in the PET category – four in the world to be exact,” says Michael Wolfe, director of business development and environmental certification service at SCS. “Taking plastic drink bottles destined for a landfill and recycling them into quality fibre is an innovative and creative vision. and we applaud Poole Company for proactively filling this niche in the industry and offering consumers and suppliers sustainable alternatives to virgin fibres.
EcoSure is a staple fibre for both textiles and nonwovens made from 100% PCR (post consumer recycled) PET flake. Studies by NAPCOR have determined that the use of PCR polyester compared to virgin polyester reduces energy consumption by 84% and greenhouse gas emissions by 71%.
When selecting fibre from the Poole Company, customers have an enhanced moisture management capability and can achieve optimum performance and value in spunlace, chemical bond and needlepunch applications guaranteed by:
- Excellent carding on all high speed/ultra high speed systems.
- Meeting all US and European health and safety requirements.
- Meeting FDA standards for food contact and service.
- Superior quality for critical hygiene applications.
- Fibre designed to yield ultra-soft fabrics with improved cover.
As the biggest consumer goods company in the world with annual sales of $79 billion, Procter & Gamble has announced that it intends to replace 25% of its non-renewable materials with renewable or recycled alternatives by 2020 – with the eventual target of achieving a 100% replacement.
Lenzing has successfully completed its latest Tencel capacity expansion at its plant in Heiligenkreuz, Austria following an investment of €60 million over a three-year period.
Ahlstrom has become a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). 
At the forthcoming EDANA Outlook personal care conference which takes place in Budapest, Hungary, from September 28-30th, Samir Gupta of BCH will chart the anticipated boom in the Indian market for personal hygiene products – to which sustainability could prove critical.
At this week’s Munich Fabric Start show (September 6-8), samples from the current collection of Création Gross – one of the most popular menswear companies in Germany – are on show featuring new fusible interlinings developed by Freudenberg.
The production capacity for biopolymers and biofibres is on course to more than double from 2010 to 2015 and even pass the one million tonne mark before the end of this year – with wide implications for the nonwovens industry.
At the forthcoming ITMA 2011 in Barcelona, the VDMA Textile Machinery Association will introduce its BLUecoMPETENCE initiative for ecological design and energy efficiency.
