GORE-TEX: Recovery Partnership
A mission-based partnership between BIONIC, Gore, and coastal communities in Costa Rica.
The Material
The recovered coastal material BIONIC processes becomes the face textile laminated into GORE-TEX fabric, keeping the same waterproof, breathable performance the GORE-TEX name guarantees, built on a recovered input instead of virgin polymer.
The Partnership
A partnership built to empower coastal communities.
Our supply chain starts with local collection and processing, not a factory, but a network of people along the coast. It creates meaningful jobs in the community, connects them to a global mission, and helps build critical infrastructure while protecting the local ecosystem.
The result is a fabric that carries a certifiable chain of custody from coastline to garment, without asking the wearer to trade performance for it.
Recovered · Network
Two operating regions on Costa Rica's Pacific coast, with collection expanding along both coastlines.
Recovery starts with local collection and sorting, then moves through certifiable chain-of-custody processing before it becomes feedstock.
