PolyCycle™ Hoodies
Contemporary castaways
If the adventure stories we grew up on were to be believed, finding a bottle on the beach was cause for uncommon excitement: Pull out the stopper, and there was a good chance you’d find a treasure map or a letter from a castaway rolled up inside. These days, though, you can’t check the surf without walking past a scatter of plastic bottles washed ashore by the waves. Somewhere between 4.8 million and 12.7 million tons of plastic waste is deposited in our oceans every year, enough to fill five bags of trash on every foot of coastline in the world. It’s a global problem that’s harming almost all species that depend on the oceans— humans included. Unfortunately, it’s also a problem that won’t be going away anytime soon. In the absence of strong regulatory action, it’s up to responsible businesses and consumers to help alleviate the damage. For our new PolyCycle hoodies, our developers chose a yarn called REPREVE®, derived from 100% postconsumer recycled plastic bottles. By our calculations, an average of 21 plastic bottles are used in each hoody. Besides keeping those castaway bottles out of landfills or the environment, using fabric made from REPREVE yarn also reduces our dependence on petroleum to make virgin polyester. Our durable, smooth-faced PolyCycle fleece offers the warmth of a traditional heavyweight hoody in a lighterweight garment, and it handles moisture better than cotton— its everyday performance qualities are appreciated by surfers, beachcombers and other oceanfront explorers. An all-too-common occurrence in the era of throwaway packaging: Finding slicks of floating trash when you’re on the search for surf. Java, Indonesia. Zak Noyle
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PolyCycle™ Hoody Made from soft, quick-drying, 100% postconsumer recycled polyester fleece, our PolyCycle Hoody has a lined, 3-panel hood made with lighter 100% polyester tricot fabric. The hood’s drawcord closure and contoured shape offer a slim silhouette. With a kangaroo pocket and self-fabric hem and cuffs. Original art is screen-printed using PVC- and phthalate-free inks. Imported.
Men’s Text Logo PolyCycle™ Hoody 39467 I $65.00 I XS-XXL I Regular fit
Men’s Flying Fish PolyCycle™ Hoody 39466 I $65.00 I XS-XXL I Regular fit