Zoggs has launched a new line of swimwear made from ocean waste, and has announced that 40 percent of its 2019 spring/summer swimwear will be made from waste recovered from the ocean. The Ecolast swimwear will be introduced in Zoggs' autumn/winter 2018 season, and rolled out from January 2019. The Ecolast fabric is made using 78 percent Econyl yarn and 22 percent Lycra Xtra Life. Ecolast begins its life as plastic waste. Industrial waste, abandoned fishing nets and carpet are rescued from the oceans and saved from landfill. At the Econyl depolymerisation plant, the waste returns to a raw material, and is transformed into Nylon 6 polymers used to produce the Econyl yarn. According to Zoggs, this yarn performs as well as any other nylon yarn manufactured using crude oil. Zoggs has also announced it will donate 10 percent of its Ecolast profits to charity. In addition, in order to further reduce its environmental impact, it will reduce the plastic used in its goggle packaging by 57 percent from 2019, while aiming at 100 percent of the packaging across the Zoggs product range to be sustainable by 2020.

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