Dgrade is a company that developed Greenspun® - a high-quality yarn made from recycled plastic water bottles. Greenspun® yarn replaces traditional polyester yarn to produce a wide range of fabrics for clothing and accessories. Dgrade gets the plastic bottles through its initiative Simply Bottles, partners and waste management partners.

How to bring circularity idea into the fashion industry and support the growing need to address plastic pollution?

Dgrade's mission is to provide high-quality clothing sustainable way. Using recycled plastic water bottles and turning them back into raw material makes the production close the loop.

Dgrade produces its recycled yarn replacing polyester yarn. It has its clothing collection and sells them in its online shop. However, the most vibrant part of their business is clothing production for their partners (such as Expo 2020). It collects bottles through various initiatives and partners, such as the local bottled water producers and their waste management partners. One of their collecting initiatives is Simply Bottles, which engages schools to compete in bottle collection. Its factory can recycle 1 billion plastic bottles a year.