Mississippi Women’s Group Coordinates Large Denim Donation

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Women’s Leadership Committee recently collected over 2,000 pairs of blue jeans for the Blue Jeans Go Green denim recycling program and donated them to The Cotton Board during the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show booth.

The Cotton Board held the denim drive to raise awareness about the Blue Jeans Go Green program, which aims to keep old denim out of landfills and give it new life by converting it into denim housing insulation for communities in need.

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“We are tremendously proud to be associated with such a great organization and thrilled about this great response,” said Stacey Gorman, director of communications for The Cotton Board.  “It takes roughly 500 to 1,000 pairs of jeans to create enough insulation – approximately 2,300 square feet – for one average-sized home in the U.S. This group has provided enough denim to generate insulation for multiple homes.”

“It was amazing how our Mississippi counties responded,” said Betty Mills, Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Women’s Leadership Committee Chairman. “Jeans were collected by county Farm Bureau volunteer leaders from across the state and were brought to our annual state Farm Bureau convention in December.”

Since Cotton Incorporated started the Blue Jeans Go Green program in 2006, over one million pieces of denim have been diverted from landfills and over two million square feet of UltraTouch Denim Insulation has been generated.

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Source – The Cotton Board

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