Patagonia Women's Micro D® 1/4-Zip Fleece
This ultrasoft microfleece quarter-zip pullover is made with 100% recycled polyester and features clean style lines and a stand-up collar. Fair Trade Certified™ sewn.
- Made of ultrasoft, quick-drying 100% recycled polyester microfleece
- Quarter-zip pullover with zip-through, stand-up double-fleece collar
- Clean finish on hem and cuffs; set-in sleeves with raglan overlock stitch detail
- Hip length
- 187 g (6.6 oz)
4.7-oz 100% recycled polyester microfleece
View The Footprint ChroniclesRecycled Polyester
In 1993, we adopted fleece into our product line made from post consumer recycled (PCR) plastic soda bottles. We were the first outdoor clothing manufacturer to do so. PCR® clothing was a positive step towards a more sustainable system – one that uses fewer resources, discards less and better protects people’s health.
Today, we’re able to utilize more sources for recycled polyester and offer it on more garments such as Capilene® baselayers, shell jackets, board shorts, and fleece. We now recycle used soda bottles, unusable manufacturing waste, and worn out garments (including our own) into polyester fibers to produce many of our clothes.
Using recycled polyester lessens our dependence on petroleum as a raw material source, curbs discards and reduces toxic emissions from incinerators.
Fair Trade Certified™
We pay a premium for every Fair Trade Certified item that carries our label. That extra money goes directly to the workers at the factory, and they decide how to spend it. The program also promotes worker health and safety and social and environmental compliance, and encourages dialog between workers and management.