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Draper Knitting Company Helps Vermont Teddy Bears Go Green
April 1, 2010
Fabric from Draper Knitting Company helped produce two adorable new Vermont Teddy Bears this year. The Go Green Bear and the Woolen Bear are made with eco friendly products, perfect for playing with and helping the environment at the same time. Kat Wojtylak (right), Product Manager or Draper Equine Therapy and Kristin Draper (left), President of Draper Knitting Company show off the Go Green Vermont Teddy Bear in sage.
Canton, MA (April 1, 2010) – Teddy Bears from Vermont Teddy Bears are a little softer and a whole lot more environmentally friendly this year, thanks to Draper Knitting Company. The textile manufacturer produced the fabric for two of the eco friendly Vermont Teddy Bears, the Go Green Bear and the Woolen Bear.
While the bears may come from the Green Mountains of Vermont, their cuddly soft fur and paw pads are made by Draper Knitting from 100-percent recycled post-consumer plastic bottles for the Go Green Bears and 100-percent natural wool for the Woolen Bears.
“Draper has been focused on the environment since they started doing business with Patagonia over twenty years ago,” said Kristin Draper, President of Draper Knitting Company. “We focused on decreasing waste, recycling within the plant and efficiently conserving energy using Patagonia as a mentor. Today we remain focused on those principles and augment them with the increased use of Ecologically friendly materials like PCR (Post Consumer Recycled polyester) and natural fibers such as wool. Using Eco friendly fabrics for toys just seems like a natural fit for fabrics such as these.”
The Go Green Teddy Bear and the Woolen Teddy Bear are receiving rave reviews from plush toy fans and eco friendly groups, who are praising the Vermont Teddy Bear Company and Draper Knitting for being on the forefront of the “green” movement. “Go Green Bears utilize fur created from recycled PET bottles and our Woolen Bears utilize 100% all natural wool and both are stuffed using filling made from recycled PET bottles. Our products are also guaranteed for life, so consumers won't have to purchase new bears every year, which helps cut down on consumer waste,” said Storm Tussey, Retail Marketing Coordinator for Vermont Teddy Bear.
Over ten years ago Draper Knitting began looking at finding sources for eco conscious fibers and yarn to work into their fabric lines. “Draper Knitting continually works on finding fabrics unique to niche markets and catering to them to not only bring their fabrics lines into new markets but to help companies stay ahead of their competitors,” Draper said.
Draper Knitting is the parent company to Draper Therapies, producers of therapeutic products for humans, equines and canines. For more information on the human, equine and canine therapeutic products produced by Draper Therapies, visit their website at www.drapertherapies.com.
For more information on the Draper Knitting Company, visit their website at www.draperknitting.com. For more information on the Vermont Teddy Bears, visit www.vermontteddybear.com
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