Nowy Styl Sustainability Report 2018-2019

eliminates the need to purchase new rawmaterials. At the end of their life, post-consumer recycled polyester fabrics can be recycled again. Our portfolio also includes a wide range of wool fab- rics. Wool is a fast-renewable raw material ‘by nature’, as it has a high durability and a long life cycle, at the end of which it can be recycled. Converting wool into usable tex- tile fibre requires the least energy consumption of all ma- jor fibre groups. Each year, we use about 1.7 million m 2 of fabrics to make our chairs and sofas. We are gradually increasing the sha- re of fabrics that are either recycled or come from rene- wable sources in our portfolio of finishes. And so, we are introducing polyester fabrics composed primarily of post-consumer polyester (97%–100%). Post-consumer recyc- led polyester is made from post-consumer waste, such as plastic PET bottles, which would otherwise be burned or landfilled. The recycling process results in lower CO 2 emis- sions than primary polyester fibre production process and Fabrics system are made from pressed felt, which is a fully recycled material. The fibres are made from 100% recycled PET bottles. 22 ground 500 ml plastic bottles make 1 metre of that fabric. Panels in the Tepee modular system 5,400 7,700 2018 2019 Felt consumption (m2) 95