Sustainability
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The organisations you support by purchasing our SUP Surf Swim apparel. You also have the option to add additional funds as a donation in checkout. ALL separate donations are divided equally between said causes and donated directly on a monthly basis.
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Our Suppliers
Sustainability is important to Sup Surf Swim.
We’re getting greener every step of the way, while still providing you with the quality products you deserve.
Around 85% of all textiles produced by the fashion industry end up in landfills, making it a major contributor to environmental damage. What’s more, one in every five items produced by the fashion industry reaches landfills without being worn even once.
As Sup Surf Swim works with on-demand suppliers, we only produce items we get an order for, avoiding textile waste from overproduction. Our printing partner’s high-quality printing tech creates almost no wastewaters and uses less energy than standard industry printers.
Our Fabrics
Our clothing designs are fulfilled using various methods. Many of our products are printed with the direct-to-garment (DTG) technique, which is a printing method where ink is first sprayed directly onto the garment, and then it soaks into the fabric. It’s like printing on paper, but on clothing. We use Kornit printers that generate almost zero wastewater and use less energy than standard industry printers, which lowers our carbon footprint.
The inks we use for printing are Oeko-Tex™ certified, vegan, water-based, and free of harmful chemicals. Sup Surf Swim takes sustainability seriously, that’s why we take care to properly dispose of any left-over ink according to the ink supplier guidelines.
There are a lot of reasons why a product or material could be considered sustainable. Currently, at Sup Surf Swim, our eco-friendly product collection consists of items made of at least 70% organic or recycled materials, or a mix of these materials.
