What happens to my worn-out Capilene baselayers and fleece garments after I return them to a Patagonia?
• Garments collected at our stores or dealer stores are shipped to our Service Center in Reno, Nevada. • Once we’ve collected enough garments, we ship them to Japan on container ships. (These ships usually travel back to Japan empty, so the incremental environmental impact of shipping the garments is minimal.) • New polyester fiber is made using a fiber-to-fiber recycling process. • The new polyester fiber is used to make new garments. We are constantly finding ways to incorporate recycled fiber in our products. To find a complete list of garments we make with recycled content, simply enter “recycled” into the online search field on patagonia.com.
