We make an effort to be as efficient possible, producing very little waste even as we can. Scrap textile is converted into yarn for brand new clothes whenever possible or utilized by our custodial team for cleaning. Our knit and dye houses participate alongside our warehouse headquarters to divert staying textile and yarn scraps, report, plastic, wood pallets, cardboard pipes and cones, material and electronic waste from landfills.
Innovative and Creative Reuse
We love putting ideas into training. United states Apparel donates truckloads of safe and wondering extra materials to Trash for Teaching (TFT), a non-for-profit organization. TFT educates over 100 LA schools about resource management at production amount. Pupils make crafts from excess products, while mastering the reason why reuse could be the first rung on the ladder to lasting rehearse. Within warehouse, we take notes on spiral shields made from old advertising and screen products, along with the clean paper waste from workplaces and our Graphics Department. Our cardboard boxes are collected and reused as many times as possible rather than processed into pulp, saving energy and chemical inputs. We use recycled fibre yarns, made of our very own textile scrap, back into United states Apparel products as hats and connections, with even more to come.
Energy and Water Efficiency
We executed a complete retrofit of light accessories within factory and applied daylight-harvesting technology, a move that saves over a million kilowatt hours of power every year. We have been additionally examining how to improve the efficiency of our manufacturing environment compressors, restroom fixtures and further alterations to our low-impact dye procedure that will deal with liquid purification and power resources.
Sourcing
We have been constantly looking for even more environmentally sound products and services. Our catalogs tend to be imprinted on 100percent post-consumer recycled report with non-toxic inks. American Apparel is beginning to integrate sustainable materials such as for instance bamboo and recycled polyester into our product line. We are always looking at even more recycled blends to incorporate into our main range.
Renewable Energy
United states attire houses a state-of-the-art solar power set up on the roof of our downtown Los Angeles factory. This system yields 150 kilowatts of clean, renewable power, adding 15% of our energy needs.
Transportation
We enacted a cycle financing program in 2005. We have recently increased the sheer number of bicycles, helmets and locks that people have available, ensuring that no-cost service is accessible to even more staff members. We offer a subsidized bus pass system open to staff members.
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