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Football Goes Green with REPREVE

Tar Heels are the first collegiate football program to team up with REPREVE

Chapel Hill, N.C. – Sept. 17, 2015 The University of North Carolina football team is the first college program to join N.C.-based, Unifi, Inc.’s (UFI: NYSE) REPREVE® #TurnItGreen™ movement. Together, UNC Athletics and REPREVE aim to raise awareness among students, faculty, fans and alumni about recycling and how Unifi turns plastic bottles into cool REPREVE-based products that are worn and used every day.

REPREVE is a recycled fiber used in many of the world’s leading brands including Ford, Volcom, The North Face, Haggar and Patagonia.