U.S. landfills are overflowing with two-million tons of discarded water bottles. One global P.P.E. supplier is doing their part to reduce environmental impact by diverting waste.

As a global leader of personal protective equipment (P.P.E.), PIP® is committed to continually identifying opportunities to minimize their environmental footprint to support a more sustainable, safer future. Focused on leading the way by offering products and solutions that minimize the impact of plastics while maximizing protection against occupational hazards, PIP® engineers created the Kut Gard® line of industrial sleeve protectors.

Complementing their growing ECOSeries™ technology portfolio of sustainable P.P.E that includes work gloves and BioSoft® biodegradable ear plugs, customers can now convert to a sustainable alternative to traditional cut-resistant knit sleeve protectors.

These first of its kind personal safety sleeves are helping to recycle fifty billion water bottles a year or one hundred million plastic water bottles Americans buy every day and converting these into recycled yarn technologies. Discarded P.E.T. water bottles are shredded and extruded as fiber then combined with recycled polyester yarns (rPET) to construct bio-based yarns and textiles used in the creation of these ECOSeries™ industrial sleeve protectors.

Safety does not stop at hand protection for industrial applications such as packaging, assembly, food processing and construction. Leaving arms exposed is just as dangerous as not wearing gloves and cut-resistant sleeves will keep the arms and wrists protected from laceration, scrapes and burn injuries while elevating safety compliance.

Diverting material that normally would go to landfill, PIP® is utilizing the first ever bio-based ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber. This innovation utilizes the mass balance approach while further reducing reliance on fossil fuel-based resources. Now bio-based Dyneema® Diamond 1.0 blended fibers will enable downstream customers to reduce their carbon footprint while maintaining the same trusted performance and comfort.

Available with or without a thumb hole, these ANSI cut level A5 ECOSeries™ seamless knitted sleeve protectors are lightweight, cool against the skin and non-irritating. They are great for electronics, glass cutting, sheet metal handling, parts assembly, sharp small parts handling, construction, and other general duty applications. The gray color is great for hiding stains while the 18-inch length provides ample coverage.

Now you can easily divert landfill, protect your team, and support America with Kut Gard® ECOSeries™ industrial sleeve protectors made for Americans by Americans!