The First Closed-Loop Hosiery Brand
A Sustainable Brand Revolutionizing the Stocking Industry
A Sustainable Brand Revolutionizing the Stocking Industry
Modern World, Meet Swedish Stockings
Most pantyhose currently in production are manufactured from nylon yarn. This material is created with an environmentally harmful petroleum-based manufacturing process that leads to planet-damaging carbon emissions. Further, modern pantyhose are not made to last when manufactured this way.
Swedish Stockings’ production process
You’ll find that SS’s production is quite the opposite of the traditional model:
Operations are powered by the sun and renewables.
Products (like socks, bike shorts and tights) are made from recycled and sustainable materials.
The water used in the dyeing process is purified after use.
Their factories are zero-waste.
The brand creates their pantyhose from both pre and post-consumer nylon waste. The production process is significantly less harmful to the environment than traditional nylon production and SS is consistently looking for innovative and cleaner ways to produce: conserving or reusing water, decreasing emissions, reducing and recycling waste. From this highly efficient recycling procedure, they have reduced energy and water consumption. They offer a recycling program for old synthetic pantyhose — you can read more about here.
The recycling program entails collecting old pantyhose to be used as ground filler material in fiberglass tanks, which are used to separate grease from water at gas stations, restaurants and other commercial operations.
A huge part of shopping sustainably accounts for what you do with products when they go home with you. The brand shares care tips for optimum long term use, like washing sparingly and carefully pulling tights on when getting dressed.
This brand is an encouragement to an industry inundated in inefficient, environmentally-damaging production processes. We hope that their practices continue to challenge other leaders in the industry.
We also hope that sharing about this brand encourages you to recycle old pantyhose, socks and tights — and consider making future purchases at closed-loop brands like Swedish Stockings.
Glossary: Closed Loop
“When a company says it uses a closed-loop system, it’s referring to its supply chain. Under a closed-loop system, businesses reuse the same materials over and over again to create new products for purchase. It’s a way to conserve natural resources and divert waste from the landfill, and increasingly, more companies are adopting it.” Source