Cotton Mats

There are many reasons why to buy a recycled doormat not least the environmental impact that other materials have on the planet. Cotton for instance consumes enormous quantities of water to cultivate. Although some claim that they use recycled cotton, often these are the sweepings from a factory floor where T shirts and other mass produced cotton products are made. So the term 'recycled' in that regard is a bit loose. Additionally these scraps will require bleaching to get the yarn back to a useable type for printing.

“No commodity is as polluting as cotton,” declares the Sustainable Trade Initiative. Around 10 percent of all chemicals used globally agriculturally are used in the cotton industry. It is grown on less than 3 percent of the agricultural land on the planet. Pesticides make their way into groundwater and rivers. These pesticides interfere with the ecosystem by not only killing off pests but also the natural predators of those pests.

Cotton cultivation not only uses extremely high quantities of water, it uses pesticides which are harmful to the environment and humans. Organic cotton doesn't use pesticides but this only accounts for a very small percentage of all cotton production.

One T shirt and one pair of jeans requires over 20,000 liters of water.

A far more environmentally friendly option is to take waste and landfill plastics and have these spun into a yarn that can be used for a variety of purposes. Here at OceanMats We specialise in doing just that. We take recycled yarn which is sustainably sourced from seas, watercourses and landfill and use this to make our lovely range of indoor doormats.

So, don't buy a cotton doormat, buy an OceanMat
Atlantic Mats https://oceanmats.net/pages/why-us/ Atlantic Mats Ltd founded in 2021 with a vision to supply sustainable recycled washable doormats made in the UK from fishing industry and landfill waste. With the addition of Susan from Turtle Mat Ltd who worked with James Turtle as head designer through to the early 2020's, building the companys reputation, we are now ideally placed to serve the doormat industry throughout the Uk. Our main focus is on employee welfare and customer service. You wont find better or nicer people to deal with. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0557/4564/2677/files/Cotswolds_Rope_logo_86891b88-2430-4bce-a37f-c5afcaa2c0cc.jpg?v=1630591005/ +441666846351 https://atlanticmats.com/
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