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  • Western Carolinian February 3,1994 Features Page 9 Earttaafe clothing mata "Mother" and consumers ham Score one for the environmental movement. Just as critical landfill issues are pressing their way onto the front pages, manufacturers have began producing everyday products like clothing and shoes from recycled waste. Consumers are enthusiastic. A new pair of these shoes may contain recycled seat cushion waste, coffee filters and tnrowaway cups, wool blankets, file folders, food trays, bits of wet suit, even trimmings from disposable diapers. A fleecy new sweater can be made almost entirely from soda bottles that have been recycled into fiber. The soles of hiking boots look just like new butare made from recycled tires. The good news for consumers is that the cost of new materials made from recycled waste is generally the same as for "virgin" fabrics, and there will be even more recycled products soon. Packaging for retail products, too, is being produced more and more from recycled waste. One shirt manufacturer even asks store owners to return cardboard stays for reuse. In all, some 435 billion pounds of textile waste are produced annually in the United States, according to a quarterly newsletter published by Footsloggers, an outdoor outfitter in Boone, N.C. That figure takes into account the leftovers from field to factory. With a hard push from the environmental movement, new manufacturing techniques are rapidly emerging to pull cotton and wool waste off the fast track to the landfill and put it back in use. And a new textile process is turning millions of used soft-drink bottles back into a fleecy fabric that's indistinguishable from the original kind. "In the spring I expect to see recycled coats in which the polyester all the way down to tiie zippers, thread and buttons would come from post-consumer recycled materials," says Footsloggers owner, Hanes Boren. Mism us I Books Magazines Souvenirs O Pens & Pencils cq Cards Art Supplies Sportswear Much, much more "The same goes for soles of many of our shoes, and probably more and more use of recycled polyester in sweaters, scarves and blankets," Boren says. As more components of clothing are made of fabrics that come from "grinded, heated and respun trash," according to Skiing Trade News, the entire piece of dothing can be recycled yet again. Although textile manufacturers have known how to cut up, heat and respin plastic bottles for a generation, those new fabrics were heavy weight for such uses as carpets and upholstery insulation. Now, according to Skiing Trade News, the size of the respun thread has been reduced to feel good in clothing. Designers at Patagonia and other outdoor and sportswear companies have begun producing fleece sweaters from so-called PCR fabrics, for post-consumer recycled. In some cases, the fabric is the light green of 7-Up bottles, and in others the fabric is dyed in heathery colors. It takes about 25 bottles to make one pullover. Clothing store owners are finding that consumers are eager to purchase the new recycled materials, which include redaimed cotton for T-shirts. "I hope it's not sold on novelty appeal," Boren says. "I hope it's sold on the consdence of the consumer over the non-recycled products of equal quality and price." "If we don't help support it as consumers then industry is going to read that the public doesn't care," Boren says. It's not just clothing that's being made from recycled materials like factory waste and once-used consumer goods. According to the Journal of Forestry and other trade journals, building components like floors and ceiling tiles may be made from reclaimed tires and other heavy waste. And noise barriers near some dty freeways are being made of re-manufactured rubber that resists graffiti. •* Intersection lacks plot and excitement 227-7346 Colleen Vasconcellos Staff Reporter Richard Gere (Sommersby), Sharon Stone (Sliver) and Dolita Davidovich star in "intersection." The movie opens with a very thoughtful Gere speeding on the empty, cop-free highways of Vancouver, Canada. In his hands is a letter, and as he looks at it, he affectionately reminisces about an impromptu meeting with his mistress, played by Davidovich. Takinga curve at a neck-breaking pace, Gere comes upon an old VW van which is stalled in the road. He squeals the brakes, butGereis too late, for aneighteen-wheeler is approaching in the opposite lane. The viewer, expecting the ultimate fender-bender is surprised, as he/she is whisked into the past via Gere's memories flashing before his eyes. Slowly, over thenext two hours, a story unfolds. Gere is married to Stone, who portrays a cold and unfeeling wife. Marriage has been unkind which somewhat explains Gere's need for a mistress. The viewer learns that Gere and Stone are partners in a architectural firm, one of the reasons the marriage had survived the amount of time it had. The other reason presents itself as their sixteenyear old daughter, Megan, the light of Gere's life. Gere plans on leaving Stone, in the hopes of startinga new life with Davidovich. The two plan to build a house of the coast, but Gere begins to have doubts. He finds himself caught between the two women. The viewer is again whisked back to the present, seeing Gere once again speeding ontheempty,cop-freehighway. Once again the VW van has stalled in the road, and once again it is too late. Before he hits the van the viewer is quickly taken back to the past, making the movie confusing and, honestly, very exhausting! Once again Gere is in his car, speeding on that empty, cop-free highway, holding a letter in his hand. Yes, the van is in the road, and yes, it is still stalled. "Intersection" was the perfect title. The movie went nowhere! Gere gave his usual stunning performance, but Stone was not quite up to par. The movie skipped everywhere, making it more of a chore to watch than a joy. I give "Intersection" one and a half stars. In the immortal words of In LivingColor's"MenonFilm": HATED IT!
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