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make better choices

Sustainable fabrics

If current marine pollution trends continue, the oceans will contain more plastic than fish by the year 2050.

We love the Ocean and want to be part of the solution so we have teamed up with OceanBalance Technologies and can now offer you sustainable custom rash shirts and sports apparel.

By using OceanBalance technology we not only save resources and decrease emissions, but we also deliver responsibly produced hi-quality performance sportswear fabrics. All of which have come from recovered Oceanwaste plastics, discarded ghost fishing nets and single-use consumer plastics.

Our objective is to create quality products that work at the heart of the growing plastic waste problem. Products that are also kind to our planet by using recovery processes that ensure responsible collection and much lower energy consumption as well as a reduced carbon footprint compared with producing new or virgin fabrics.

The result is soft, comfortable to wear fabrics that are tough enough for demanding and competitive sports environments used by amateurs and professionals around the World.

1 KILO OF OCEAN BALANCE FABRIC CAN KEEP 60 SINGLE USE WATER BOTTLES OUT OF THE ENVIRONMENT


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reduce reuse recycle

What’s the process?

Recovered ocean waste plastics and post-consumer plastic bottles are collected and brought to an approved recycling facility. At the recycling facility, the process of turning waste into wearable fabric begins:

  • A flotation and separation process sorts the different types of plastics and, in the case of bottles, removes the caps and labels from the bottles, as they consist of plastics with different characteristics.
  • The selected Polyethylene Terephthalate materials are then processed into flakes.
  •  The flakes are melted after being washed.
  •  Then yarns are pulled from the melted polyester.
  •  The result is a clean, valuable, and recycled raw material perfect for textile fabric production.
  •  The raw filament yarns are spun into yarn and ultimately woven into a variety of different Oceanbalance fabrics.


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what are the benefits?

The result

  • Oceanbalance recycling process requires 86% less water than manufacturing regular polyester.
  • Making Oceanbalance fabrics consumes 70% less energy than regular polyester.
  • The CO2 emissions in creating Oceanbalance fabrics are 75% lower.
  • 1 kg of Oceanbalance fabric can keep the equivalent of 60 water bottles out of the environment.
  • Using Oceanbalance fabrics helps us to not only keep plastic out of the landfills and oceans but also to save our natural resources.
  • An average Rashguard or long-sleeved technical tee made from Oceanbalance uses the equivalent of 13 x 2 litre PET bottles.


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how do we choose

Our partners

Our focus is to work with like-minded partners and organisations to reduce the number of used consumer plastics getting into our waterways and oceans. The companies we choose to work with show a commitment to sustainable practices as well as ethical working conditions.

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