CARY, N.C. -- It may still feel warm now, but fall is just around the corner. Many of us are eagerly pulling out our favorite jeans, which means cleaning out the items we no longer use or need. Little do we know, those unwanted shirts, jackets and pants are now being reinvented in a unique and special way.

• Blue Jeans Go Green denim recycling program allows anyone to mail or drop off unwanted jeans, upcycling them into UltraTouch Denim Insulation
• On Sunday, September 8 starting at 4 p.m., you can come out to WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary and drop off your unwanted denim items
• For more information or to learn more about the program, visit their website. 

Spectrum News anchor Caroline Blair sat down with Kim Kitchings, the Senior Vice President of Cotton Incorporated of the Triangle, for a look at how they’re recycling jeans and turning them into home insulation.

Kitchings says their Blue Jeans Go Green denim recycling program allows anyone to mail or drop off unwanted jeans, upcycling them into UltraTouch Denim Insulation for organizations locally and across the county.  This not only helps our neighbors through Habitat for Humanity band other builds, but they say it also keeps old denim out of the landfill.

Over the years, representatives with Cotton Inc. say they’ve produced four million square feet of of the insulation. That’s enough to line about 57 soccer fields.

So they thought, who better to team up with for a special night of celebration and recycling than the North Carolina Courage and North Carolina Football Club.

On Sunday, September 8 starting at 4 p.m., you can come out to WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary and drop off your unwanted denim items. Then, at 5 p.m., North Carolina FC takes on Nashville SC followed by the NC Courage vs Houston Dash at 7:30 p.m.

A few attendees will also get a limited edition Cotton of the Carolinas t-shift, made from products grown in North Carolina.

For more information or to learn more about the program, visit their website.