Emirates woos passengers with blankets made from recycled plastic bottles

EMIRATES has introduced new sustainable blankets made from 100 per cent recycled plastic bottles.

The soft and warm blankets are made using ecoTHREAD patented technology and are now available in Economy Class on all long-haul Emirates flights.

Each Emirates ecoTHREAD blanket 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.