Sporting goods retailer Decathlon has partnered with US materials science firm Yulex on a neoprene alternative wetsuit based on 100% certified, natural rubber, EcoTextile repoted.
Although Decathlon reports that alternatives to neoprene, which is 100% synthetic, do exist on the market, such as wetsuits made from 85% natural rubber and 15% synthetic rubber, the new Yulex100 is said to be the only wetsuit sourced with materials entirely from PEFC or FSC certified forests. /BGNES