ZONE3 | ZONE GREEN – Sustainability

B-prene is a cutting edge rubber by yamamoto that offers the same quality and performance you know and love from our other yamamoto neoprene wetsuits.

It has one key difference.

Once it reaches the end of its life as a wetsuit it can be added to your normal waste, and in landfill the terrapene will biodegrade by 30% in 522 days. Let's be clear, the suit will ONLY biodegrade once it is disposed of into compostable conditions, and not while it is still in action.

However, if you want to go one step further, we will accept the return of the Vision wetsuit at end of life and we will strip out all recyclable items such as zips and linings for recycling, before sending the neoprene to landfill to biodegrade.

Our greatest and greenest parka yet! The windproof and water-resistant outer shell and the inner moisture wicking fleece lining are all made from 100% recycled materials. While we know this makes up the majority of the parka, we’re still striving to improve this further.

Our performance wetsuits are crafted with sustainability in mind. We utilise Yamamoto neoprene, sourced from the highest-grade limestone with 99.7% Calcium Carbonate for its raw material, effectively replacing petroleum-based chemicals. Further, our commitment to eco-friendliness extends to using recycled tires to produce Carbon Black, a critical neoprene ingredient, reducing energy consumption and cutting CO2 emissions by 200g per wetsuit, making our wetsuits both high-performance and environmentally conscious.

Recycled tyres are used to make Carbon Black, one of the key ingredients of neoprene. It can now be pyrolyzed from scrap rubber tires and it significantly reduces energy consumption and cuts CO2 emission by 200g per wetsuit.

ZONE3 has teamed up with Circular Flow to drive a truly global circular economy for neoprene waste, a significant step in wetsuit and neoprene recycling.

Circular Flow's innovative closed-loop recycling process, developed in collaboration with the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy in Bulgaria, aims to divert 8,380 tonnes of wetsuits from landfills annually and we proud to be supporting this journey.

Our wetsuits, depending on the model, are made in Thailand, Vietnam or China.

Our distribution warehouse team at ILG use paper and cardboard packaging that is made from recycled materials. ILG says, ‘100% of our waste is either recycled or burned to produce electricity. None of our waste is sent to landfill.’ Within products, we use recyclable or decomposable packaging where possible and are constantly trying to improve this.