The Emirates has unveiled new sustainable blankets made from 100
per cent recycled plastic bottles, reports ITRealms.
The soft and warm blankets, ITRealms gathered, were made
using ecoTHREAD patented technology and is now available in Economy Class on
all long-haul Emirates flights.
Each Emirates ecoTHREAD blanket, ITRealms report, is made from
28 recycled plastic bottles. With the latest innovation, the bottles are
recycled into plastic chips before being turned into yarn, creating a polar
fleece material.The fine thread is then woven into soft blankets.
The environmentally-friendly blankets were designed in
partnership with Buzz, the world’s leading inflight product specialists, and
are part of Emirates’ continued commitment to product innovation and
sustainability. Emirates already runs a green programme on board recycling
aluminum cans, plastic and glass bottles, and clean paper products such as
newspapers, magazines and cardboard cartons where possible.
By the end of 2019, Emirates ecoTHREAD blankets would have
rescued 88 million plastic bottles from landfills– equivalent to the weight of
44 A380 aircraft. This initiative makes it the largest sustainable blanket
programme on board in the airline industry. In addition, the manufacturing
process of using recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) reduces energy
emissions by 70%.
ecoTHREAD is certified with the Intertek Green Leaf Mark by
third party testing and certification body Intertek, independently verified to
use 100% recycled materials.
The Emirates ecoTHREAD blanket for Economy Class completes the
recent comforter overhaul across all three classes. The airline introduced a
plush, faux sheep-skin blanket in First Class and soft duvets in Business
Class.
In the last year, Emirates has added several new products for
customers travelling in Economy including the world’s first interactive amenity
kits. The amenity kits - filled with necessities such as an eye mask, earplugs,
toothbrush and toothpaste, and socks – uses augmented reality technology to
unlock entertainment on customers’ mobile devices using the Blippar app. The
content was refreshed last month to feature a new interactive game called The
Emirates Destination Dash to keep customers’ busy on long-haul flights or on
the ground.
Emirates Economy Class cabins are also equipped with the largest
in-seat screens in the world in Economy at 13.3 inches and more than 2,500
channels of on-demand entertainment on the award-winning inflight entertainment
system, ice Digital Widescreen.
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