Nylon ECONYL

To offer high-performance fabrics while minimizing environmental impact, AYAQ has selected regenerated nylon for certain strategic parts of its technical garments.

Nylon is a synthetic fiber with many interesting properties. It offers excellent resistance to abrasion, and can be used to make strong fabrics with low moisture absorption, since nylon fiber absorbs no more than 5% of its weight.

Nylon yarns are fast-drying and highly resistant to light. They are rot-proof, making them particularly durable over time.

BUT

Nylon is a synthetic fiber derived from plastic, produced from petroleum, which is the basic component in its production. Oil, whose reserves are limited on Earth, is therefore not a renewable raw material, and its extraction is highly polluting at many levels of the extraction and transport chain.

There is, however, a more responsible alternative: regenerated nylon.

For certain technical parts, AYAQ uses regenerated nylon, reconstituted from plastic waste of all kinds: fishing nets, fabric scraps, used carpets, etc. (non-biodegradable materials). This waste comes mainly from the oceans and seas, where plastic is highly destructive to the seabed.

Plastic waste is shredded, melted and processed to produce ECONYL® nylon yarn. À . This nylon fiber is infinitely recyclable, while retaining its technical and mechanical properties intact.

This regeneration principle means that this non-biodegradable material can be given several lives, and that we can benefit from a material with high technical performance without having to use new raw materials for its production.