Herff Jones has begun offering eco-friendly gowns for college grads at WWU. I decided to look into this to find out just how much they were doing to make these gowns eco-friendly.
I was pleasantly surprised by what I found. Not only did Herff Jones provide a description of these gowns but also included the website to the supplier of the gowns, Repreve.
Here's the summary: the gowns are made out of 100% post consumer plastic water bottles. It takes about 29 water bottles to make one gown and their unique process eliminates the need for crude oil. Repreve is made by Unifi, a leader in sustainability in the textile industry. With a portion of their profits, Repreve donates to other organizations with environmentally friendly causes.
This was a pretty cool discovery and now I can say that I actually know about the gowns that I'm encouraging grads to buy for commencement and yes, I bought one of the eco-friendly gowns for myself.
Here are the links to the websites:
Herff Jones Eco Gowns
Repreve
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