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Blue jeans enjoy green after life
August 30, 2010
Cotton USA, a national grassroots organization, has created the “Blue Into Green” initiative, which turns old jeans into home insulation that’s given to help build homes for those in need. The group was created in 2006 as a student-run campaign to recycle denim into an environmentally safe fiber insulation.
According to an article in the Loveland Reporter-Herald, not only does the finished product use 85 percent recycled materials, but it’s itch-free and offers 30 percent better sound absorption than traditional fiberglass insulation.
The easy-to-install insulation is given to nonprofits around the country to help build homes in areas affected by natural disasters. The insulation is being used by many Habitat for Humanity projects in an effort to keep costs down.
“We saw this as the ultimate in recycling,” said Karen Murray Boston of Habitat for Humanity in Loveland, Tex. “It just makes sense.”
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