Cotton. From Blue to Green.™was an important part of this year’s Cotton’s Dirty Laundry Tour. Each Cotton’s Dirty Laundry Tour event school participated in the Cotton. From Blue to Green.™ denim drop program, which was designed to assist the state of Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

How can denim help rebuild a community? Since cotton is a natural, renewable and recyclable fiber, the donated denim will be turned into UltraTouch™ natural cotton fiber insulation by JBM Fibers and Bonded Logic. The eco-friendly insulation will be donated and used as building materials for a primary school in Louisiana.

How did we collect the denim? Ran by student organizations at each Cotton’s Dirty Laundry Tour event school, students collected denim around campus and in their community for two weeks leading up to the Cotton’s Dirty Laundry Tour event at their campus. The day before the event got to the campus, our tour staff began setting up the Cotton’s Dirty Laundry Tour tents and activities. On the event day, the student organization that had been coordinating the denim drop over the past couple of weeks operated the Cotton. From Blue to Green.™ tent and collected as much denim as possible!  At the end of the tour, the denim will be turned into UltraTouch™ natural cotton fiber insulation and donated to help rebuild a primary school in the
East Baton Rouge Parish through Advance Baton Rouge.

Partners in Making Cotton. From Blue to Green™ a Success

JBM Fibers, based in Brownsville, Texas is one of the most state-of-the-art textile recycling facilities in North America. JBM Fibers will process the collected denim to prepare it to into its original fiber state, cotton, for the manufacturing of the insulation.

Bonded Logic, based in Chandler, Arizona is a leading manufacturer of natural fiber insulation, an environmentally safe, non-itch insulation made from natural fibers that offers exceptional acoustic and thermal performance with no carcinogenic warnings, formaldehyde, or chemical irritants. Bonded Logic will manufacture the UltraTouch natural cotton fiber insulation.

Advance Baton Rouge, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is a not-for-profit organization committed to promote systemic changes in public education that are designed to increase the academic achievement of all students. Advance Baton Rouge will receive the natural cotton fiber insulation for use in the renovation/building of schools in Baton Rouge.

* We can only receive denim donations on the day of the event. However, if you want to be a part of Cotton.From Blue to Green.™ in 2007, please contact us.