Environmentally friendly property of garment accessory cannot be ignore

A finished clothing contains not only fabric but also various garment accessories. For example, we can find lapping clothes, button, hook, thread, zipper, elastic tape, rhinestone and many other accessories in clothes. In the past, people mainly focus on the safety and environmentally friendly property of fabric. With the development of economy, technology and people’s living standard, the public request the same standard from garment accessories. Especially the developed countries from Europe. Therefore, apparel manufacturers and designers pay more attention on environmentally friendly property of the fabric and accessories. After all, a tiny garment accessory may affect the quality of a clothing. Then affect the brand credibility.

Now more and more apparel manufacturers choose TPU tape with certificate. For apparel industry, Oeko-tex Standard 100 is the most popular and authoritative certificate. The certificate attest that the product reach to the standard about non-toxic. For instance, the product sample must be tested to see if it has only limited heavy metal elements such as cadmium, lead and phosphorus benzene.

However, though many products have Oeko-tex 100 certificate, the standard is not the same. Oeko-tex 100 Standard Annex 4 Class 1 Certificate is safe enough for adult clothing. But it is still not enough for baby clothes. If a product has Oeko-tex 100 Standard Annex 6 Class 1 rather than Annex 4, we can find keyword “for baby articles” in the description of certificate. After all, the test standard will be more rigorous.