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Leather and denim sandals by begoodesigns

James — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:50:04 +0000

begoodesigns makes use of excess leather from other manufacturing processes and turns it into stylish products such as the sandals as shown. These are the leather and denim model and are made from recycled cream leather upper and insole lined with denim.

begoodesigns sources excess materials and claims a massive 99% of inputs are excess leather. Rather than seeing this going to waste it is being turned into stylish eco-friendly products. In addition, 100% of their waste is reused. By producing smaller producs such as jewellery they ensure nothing goes in the bin. And what doesn’t go into their products is used as packaging which also means 100% of the packaging is made from excess fabric.

More details at the begoodesigns website.

Reef Recycler Sandals

James — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:30:29 +0000

Reef are aware of their influence in the surf industry and as such support surfers who are environmentally conscious and strive to make products from sustainable materials. Some of them are in the range of sandals. One in the range is the Rob Machado Classic sandal and another one is the Reef Recycler. As the name suggests, recycled products are used in the construction of these sandals.

Recycled PET upper and lower thread, a 51% recycled compression molded eva outside and a 51% post industrial eva footbed. So they are not made from 100% recycled materials, however, greater than 50% is better than nothing isn’t it? Grab the Rob Machado ones if you prefer.

See the full details at the Reef website.

Rob Machado Classic Sandal By Reef

James — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:14:27 +0000

If you know anything about the surfer Rob Machado then you know he would only put his name to a product that he genuinely believes in and its manufacturer would cause little harm to the environment. The Rob Machado Classic sandal from Reef is his signature sandal and part of the Reef Redemption line.

This sandal features chrome free nubuck leather, indgeo fiber embroidery stitching and webbing reinforcement and 100% recycled car tire rubber outsoles. What makes this product a calss about many other so-called eco-friendly products is that even the cement that holds things together (and isn’t seen) is water based. Pretty much everything comes from sustainable materials.

In fact the entire line of Reef Redemption poducts use sustainable materials such as foam made from corn and potato cellulose and recycled rubber.

More information about the Rob Machado Classic sandal at the Reef website.