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Reef sandal made from scrap EVA without glue
by Howard Swanwick
21/07/2006:// Stylish, eco-friendly beach footwear is remarkably hard to come by, especially in the UK. However a new design by Reef made out of scrap EVA without any glues may be set to change all that.
The following is from Lifestyle Design (www.lifestyledesign.com), the company that Reef outsourced the design to:
The sandals have been commissioned by Reef in an attempt to do away with the massively toxic and polluting problem of non-recyclable EVA scrap incineration. One shoe producing factory can easily generate a massive 8’ high 20’ x 20’ mound of scrap EVA every day.
Sandals typically go through a very linear lifecycle. A leather sandal with an EVA mid and outsole is purchased and in six months to a year, just as the leather is starting to look wonderfully worn, the EVA sole has completely worn away, and the entire sandal must be discarded and new ones purchased.
The Eco-sandal was created for two reasons – to break away from this linear lifecycle that puts products in landfills and to allow a sandal to become an evolving fashion statement that gets better with time. The Eco Sandal does not require any glues or adhesives to bond layers of material together. The soles are made from reground EVA rubber remnants from the die cutting process and the chassis is made from thick cut natural leather that will last forever (with the proper care) and improve with age. By using recycled EVA, this design initiates a closed loop system with potentially no waste.
It certainly sounds good, although as yet there is no sign of them in the shops.
More information is available at www.ecosurfproject.org
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