A major source of global CO2 emissions is the transportation of finished consumer goods. The garment industry is no exception as most of its emissions are generated by bulk shipping finished garments from off-shore factories to their North American destinations. BISHOP helps to minimize CO2 emissions by manufacturing almost all (98%) of our orders in our factory in Vancouver, Canada, from fabrics stocked and available locally.
BISHOP is pleased to announce the following additions to our polyester offerings:
These fabrics are produced from a unique mix of recycled post industrial fiber waste and post consumer plastics that is spun into a yarn that is combined with virgin polyester.
Repreve |
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 Repreve is comprised of post-industrial fiber waste and post-consumer plastics. This recycled mix is put through a unique conversion process in which it is chopped, ground, melted and reformulated into 100% recycled Repreve chips; these chips are then made into garment yarn using a proprietary process. |
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Process Comparison |
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Bishop's Repreve Polyester |
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| For every 1 pound of Repreve yarn, 61,000 BTU’s are conserved, equivalent to 0.5 gallons of gasoline. The choice is yours. | |||
Bamboo |
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Bamboo takes in five times the volume of greenhouse gasses as an equivalent stand of timber trees and releases 35% more oxygen! It needs no replanting, pesticides or fertilizers, and its roots retain water in the watershed, sustaining riverbanks and reducing water pollution.
Bamboo possesses a property called “Bamboo Kun” which means that it is naturally anti-microbial. Even after fifty washes, fabrics made of rayon derived from bamboo retain their anti-fungal, anti-bacterial nature. This makes it suitable for those sensitive to allergens and also helps to reduce body odor, without the risk of allergic reaction sometimes associated with exposure to the chemicals used to give other materials similar properties. Bishop looked at a number of different blends before selecting our ultra comfortable 68% rayon derived from bamboo, 20% cotton, 8% spandex combination. |
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Organic Cotton |
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 Bishop is proud to announce the inclusion of 100% organic cotton twill to our 2008 Sustainable Collection.
Approved by the International Organic/Sustainable Certification Group (SKAL), you can be assured that every strand of cotton yarn in the finished rolls of fabric is made in adherence to this widely-recognized standard. Our soft, smooth cotton is certified organic from the seed to the shelf, and is responsibly grown without the use of pesticides or herbicides. It is dyed with certified OEKO-TEX standard - 100 earth- friendly dyes. The dyeing is done with low impact, fiber-reactive dyes which are much more environmentally-friendly than traditional dye stuffs such as sulfa or heavy metal dyes. |
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Chitosante Performance Fabrics |
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 Chitosante is a new, environmentally-friendly fabric that is made from a natural biomass called Chitosan.
The fabric is created by combining Chitosan with textile fibers during the dying and/or finishing process. The result is that
Chitosante incorporates valuable practical features without sacrificing high performance characteristics: it is anti-bacterial,
biodegradable, odor resistant, non-toxic, as well as pilling-resistant, anti-static, breathable, and fast drying/wicking. |
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