Blanket sustainability: Portland-based firm turns plastic bottles into blankets

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Rumpl, a Portland-based manufacturer of high-tech blankets, is using discarded plastic bottles to make polyester thread

"Technical blankets" retailer Rumpl has announced it will step up the use of recycled materials in its manufacturing processes, as it works to eliminate virgin plastics from some of its key product lines....

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