Press Release – Watson Gloves Releases New Sustainable WasteNot™ Gloves
Watson Gloves Make Glove Breakthrough with New Sustainable WasteNot™ Gloves
VANCOUVER, BC, FEBRUARY 10, 2020—Watson Gloves, Canada’s leading retail distributor of quality gloves currently in their 102nd year of business, has released their WasteNot™ gloves into the market this 2020 spring. These gloves, which are perfect for gardening and landscaping, are made of recycled plastic bottles. This is a real breakthrough for the glove industry, as Watson Gloves is the first to release gloves made of post-consumer recycled materials into the market.
WasteNot™ yarn is Watson Gloves’ latest innovative material that consists entirely of recycled plastic bottles. More than one million plastic bottles are sold every minute and it takes up to 1,000 years for a plastic bottle to decompose. In an effort to become more environmentally-conscious, Watson Gloves is reusing plastic bottles for material through WasteNot™ polyester yarn instead of creating virgin material.
Plastic bottles are commonly made from polyethylene terephthalate, which is highly recyclable and reusable for materials, such as garments, shoes, and gloves. The process from turning bottles to gloves starts with recycled plastic bottles being ground into chips and melted and compressed into small pellets. It then sees a second life as it’s spun into high-quality yarn—this type of yarn material is called WasteNot™, which is used in Watson Gloves’ latest gloves. For 1 pair of Watson Gloves’ seamless knit gloves, one whole 500mL plastic bottle is used, and for 1 pair of fabric printed gloves, two to three plastic bottles are used.
“We are excited to release our new line of WasteNot™ products under our Homegrown™ and Stealth™ brands and we are very proud to be the first to bring gloves using recycled material into the market,” said Martin Moore, President of Watson Gloves. “We believe it’s increasingly important to become environmentally-conscious when making decisions both as consumers and businesses. This is our efforts in becoming more environmentally-conscious with our glove developments without compromising quality and performance, and we hope this pushes our industry to think in more innovative and sustainable ways.”
Media Contact:
Michele Moore
E: [email protected]
P: 604-788-0355
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WasteNot™ gloves add to Watson Gloves’ growing portfolio of sustainable gloves, which started with their successful release last year of their biodegradable disposable gloves, Green Monkey. For more information on WasteNot™ products and Watson Gloves’ process turning bottles to gloves visit here.
ABOUT WATSON GLOVES
Watson Gloves first started as a two-person shop selling gloves to Vancouver’s dock workers when they opened their doors in 1918. Today, they’ve grown into a Canadian icon and Canada’s largest retail distributor of quality gloves for work, home and play. Their glove innovations play a large part to their success, such as their push for more sustainable products into the market. Watson Gloves sell their gloves all across Canada with offices in Vancouver, Calgary and Mississauga, and also sell at select retailers in the US and internationally. Product categories range from home improvement, gardening, construction, welding, automotive, recreational, and more with over 2,000 different styles offered. Learn more at www.watsongloves.com and follow Watson Gloves on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
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Media Contact:
Michele Moore
E: [email protected]
P: 604-788-0355
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