Color Fairport Green collaboration with Cotton, Inc.
Blue Jeans Go Green™
Denim Recycling Drive - Results
OUR LOCAL DRIVE ENDED MAY 31, 2021
Across the globe, textiles enter landfills at the rate of an entire garbage truck every second,
but by working together we made a difference.
In the month of May 2021, between participating Fairport schools,
local drop boxes, and our collection box at the farmer's market,
Color Fairport Green collected a total
of 349 items weighing 410 pounds!
CFG would like to extend special thanks
to these members of our community who stepped up
in partnership with us to make a difference and divert waste:
~ Perinton Community Center ~ RV&E Bike & Skate ~ Gold's Gym ~
~ The Box Factory ~ Brighton Pathways to Health ~ Fairport Farmer's Market ~
Cotton's Blue Jeans Go Green™ program
CAMPAIGN ARCHIVE: ENDED MAY 31, 2021
We're collaborating with
to give old denim new purpose!
Who
You with the old jeans that were going to be thrown out
Where
Various locations throughout Fairport/Perinton, including area schools
View map of
denim drop-off locations
(THIS CAMPAIGN HAS ENDED)
What
The Blue Jeans Go Green™ program collects denim (made from cotton) so that it can be recycled back to its natural fiber state and transformed into something new.
Color Fairport Green is coordinating a denim recycling drive in collaboration with the Blue Jeans Go Green™ program during the entire month of May 2021.
Why
Every year nearly 16 million tons of textile waste are sent to landfills and forgotten.
(Source EPA 2020)
To help divert textile waste from landfills, Cotton’s Blue Jeans Go Green™ program recycles old denim, made from cotton, and turns it into something new! Have an old pair of jeans, let’s put them to good use!
Learn more at bluejeansgogreen.org
When
May 1-31, 2021
(THIS CAMPAIGN HAS ENDED)
How
Bring your old denim (at least 90% cotton) to any of our drop-off locations throughout Perinton.
We're collecting any denim apparel item, like jeans, skirts, dresses, jackets, etc. in any condition -- scraps, torn, ripped, embellished, or stained. Just make sure that the label says your denim is made from 90% cotton or more!
Blue Jeans Go Green is a trademark of Cotton Incorporated.