ARCH’s recycled fibre made from 100% PET bottles gains SGS Green Mark

To be turned into textiles, plastic bottles are dried and shredded into flakes. Credit: Pixel B via Shutterstock.

Testing, inspection and certification company SGS has awarded textile manufacturer ARCH the SGS Green Mark for its Magnif-ECO recycled fibre.

With its mission to create a better future through sustainable textile innovation, ARCH sought SGS Green Mark certification to verify that its new material is created from 100% post-consumer plastic water bottles and demonstrate to consumers that its environmental claims can be trusted.

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To be turned into textiles, plastic bottles are dried and shredded into flakes that are melted and extruded into yarn, which is then spun into thread and woven into fabric rolls.

The SGS Green Mark verifies that products have passed a range of analytical tests to meet specific and quantifiable environmental attributes and claims.

The company delivers analytical testing to support specific, quantifiable environmental attributes that cover biodegradability, industrial compostables, recycled content, biobased and PVC (polyvinyl chloride)-free materials, and hazardous substances.

ARCH can now display the SGS Green Mark on its Magnif-ECO recycled fibre and in promotional materials and advertising to demonstrate to consumers that its environmental claims have been independently certified.

SGS global deputy technical head Eric Wang stated: “We applaud the advances ARCH has made in developing new and innovative fibres and processes that increase the use of recycled content.”

SGS has previously certified packaging products such as Celebration Packaging’s PFAS (per and polyfluoroalkyl substances)-free takeaway containers and Spark Sourcing’s eco-shell bio-calcium compound material.