User:RAJ Westrik/JUNGL Amsterdam

JUNGL Amsterdam is from origin a Dutch brand that produces and design sustainable jackets and swimwear made of plastic bottles, regenerated fishing nets and other nylon waste. JUNGL started in 2018 with selling the jackets and mid-june the swimwear such as bikini's and swimsuits are also available to buy.

History
The brand has been found in 2017 by Natascha Hendriks. Hendriks does not make the jackets by herself, but is via JUNGL in co-operation with Waste2Wear in Shanghai Waste2Wear has been set up and is run by the Dutch Monique Maissan. It is a transparent company that is connected to theBusiness Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI), a initiative of companies that are commited worlwide for better working conditions. The first products at JUNGL were the with plastic recycled jackets. The jackets were black on one side and on the other side burgundy and were wearable to both sides. Also in Q2 of 2019 they are launcing the swimwear line, now only consisting of bikinis and bathing suits.

Clothing
JUNGL has several garments, among which jackets and since juni 2019 also swimwear.

Jackets
The sustainable jackets are produced of recycled plastic bottles. An average of 23 plastic bottles of 0,5 liters are being used per jacket. "The 0,5 liter bottles that er being used by making the jackets are first ground into flakes and then processed into plastic chips. From the chips it is possible to make yarn of, so that the jackets can be produced.", thus Natascha Hendriks. The fabric is soft and feels like polyester, which is made out of new raw materials. By using recycled plastic bottles no new raw materials are used. Compared to polyester made of new raw materials, the recycled polyester fabric has 70% lower energy consumption, 86% lower water consumption and 75% lower carbon footprint. The jackets are wearable to both sides and comes with a copy for men and for women.

Swimwear
The swimwear consists of bikini's and bathing suits, for lady's. There is not much known about it yet, including not how many plastic bottles were used.

Goal
JUNGL Amsterdam wants to make people aware of the global plastic problem, like the plastic-soup and the many beaches full of plastic waste.