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From an Environmental Perspective, Bella-Dura™ is the leading environmentally
responsible fabric option in the mar ketplace.
In fact, you could call it the environmental champion
of all synthetic fibers. It is the only fiber on the market,
synthetic or natural, that begins as a by-product of post-industrial
waste and ends its life as a fully recyclable product.
Bella-Dura requires substantially less energy to manufacture,
uses only a small amount of water during its manufacturing
process and produces no harmful industrial waste.
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Using
innovative, engineered, proprietary yarn technology, Bella-Dura
yarn is made of a by-product from the petroleum refining process,
thus reducing the need for virgin material. The very processing
of Bella-Dura salvages a by-product that would otherwise be
incinerated, preventing further environmental contamination.
The process of forming synthetic fibers like nylon or polyester
involves using virgin raw materials. Any off-quality product
created from the manufacturing process of these fibers is set
aside for recycled product. Thus, often what is deemed a “recycled
product” is really an off-quality product made from virgin raw
materials.
In addition, nylon and polyester require more energy to produce,
and processing is much more complex (i.e., production may involve
disposal issues pertaining to potentially harmful chemicals).
These products are also more difficult to recycle at the end
of their useful lives.
Bella-Dura is recycled from the start, utilizing post-industrial
waste from an already existing manufacturing source and creating
a useable product, not a product made from rejected virgin materials.
Bella-Dura has inherent high-performance attributes and is easily
and readily recyclable.
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Cradle-to-Cradle™
Bella-Dura fabrics have achieved a Silver certification and
are classified as “preferred products” by MBDC
(McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry). A limited but presently
expanded color-line has achieved Gold certification through
MBDC. These certifications confirm that Bella-Dura meets or
exceeds MBDC’s strict standards for human and environmental
health, environmentally preferable materials, strategy for
renewable energy, and a comprehensive material re-utilization
program.
Recyclability
Bella-Dura is fully recyclable at the completion of its useful
life. All Bella-Dura yarn and fabric can be safely and easily
recycled and converted into inert black plastic resin pellets
that can be used in a myriad of products and industries. These
pellets offset the need for virgin plastic pellets and are
usually more cost-effective than virgin products without compromising
performance. Bella-Dura’s recycle stream is a closed
loop. It begins as a by-product and ends as a usable product
for manufacturing of many common goods, which is far different
and more beneficial than traditional waste streams.
How
it Works
Bella-Dura yarn and fabrics that are sent back to the yarn
manufacturer are inserted into a recycle stream for regenerated
products that use energy-saving manufacturing practices to
produce a variety of different products:
Automotive: Recycled Bella-Dura would be a material of choice
for black, hard plastic automotive parts due to its inherent
strength, light weight and sunlight resistance:
- Interior: door handles, radio/CD bezels, seat motion handles
- Underhood: air filter housings, radiator fan housings
Geotextile markets: Truck bedliners and wastewater liners
Horticulture
markets: Flowerpots for retail distribution, synthetic pine
straw and weed block fabrics
Filtration
market: Water filters and filtration fabrics
Performance
Bella-Dura™ is the perfect performance fabric, and our
test results prove it. Inherently and permanently stain-resistant,
anti-microbial, anti-fungal and bleach-cleanable, Bella-Dura
also exceeds 50,000 double rubs and 1,500 hours’ UV
lightfastness. All of that in one fabric!
Bella-Dura
was developed to exceed the contract industry’s demands
for a performance fabric, and it delivers on every level.
See for yourself.
PERFORMANCE FEATURES
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