By Korrin Bishop
Waste is a worldwide concern. It’s estimated that about 92 million tons of textile waste leads to landfills yearly, together with roughly 15% of scrap material that will get discarded throughout the manufacturing course of for clothes, baggage, and different objects. In the meantime, round 11 million metric tons of plastics land within the ocean yearly.
At Gossamer Gear, we acknowledge that it’s our accountability to scale back our environmental impression. Our slogan “take much less. do extra.” serves as a reminder to take care of our relentless drive to eradicate the pointless in life and give attention to what’s vital and worthy of doing to serve our prospects, our neighborhood, and our wild locations.
Along with persevering with to assist gear restore by way of our partnership with Rugged Thread, we’re excited to be shortly rising our transition to recycled materials and supplies. These new choices allow us to make the identical nice gear however with a decrease environmental footprint. We invite you all to take much less, do extra—and cut back, reuse, recycle with us!
Why We’re Making the Swap to Recycled Materials
As a part of our sustainability efforts, we’re dedicated to remaining on the forefront of recent methods, improvements, and applied sciences that permit for safer and extra sustainable enterprise progress practices. A few of these initiatives embody:
- ISO 9001:2015 licensed amenities
- PE/EVA foam constructed from 50% recycled plastic resin
- OEKO-TEX licensed umbrella materials
- Materials and trims sourced from bluesign® companions
- BetterWork licensed backpack facility
Incorporating extra recycled supplies into our merchandise is a logical subsequent step that aligns with our values. As our CEO Jonathan Schmid defined, “The expertise is lastly right here that permits us to reduce our impression and strengthen our dedication to conserving our wild locations with out sacrificing the sturdiness of our materials.”
We launched this effort in 2023 with our Jet Line, together with the Vagabond Jet Daypack and Bumster Jet Fanny Pack. These merchandise have been switched to recycled 210D Robic nylon, and are readier than ever for light-weight city adventures, workplace commutes, and classy journey. Nonetheless, we knew these two fan favorites have been simply the beginning of our journey into recycled supplies.
Recycled Materials 101: What We’re Incorporating
A lot of our merchandise are switching to recycled Robic nylon material that’s licensed as 100% recycled by the International Recycling Customary (GRS). Extra particularly, the supplies embody:
- 70D material that’s 100% post-consumer recycled Robic nylon from ocean plastics. Discarded fishing nets are gathered and repurposed into a brand new fiber that we will then use. You may be taught extra about this course of in this brief video.
- 100D and 210D materials are 100% pre-consumer recycled Robic nylon. This implies they’re constructed from manufacturing waste. You may be taught extra about these materials right here.
- All materials have C0 WR (PFAS-free) on the face and 1,500mm PU on the again.
Our recycled materials have the identical energy and sturdiness as our previous backpacks, however are actually a lot better for the setting.
Along with utilizing recycled Robic nylon, we’ve additionally dedicated to utilizing the scrap material that outcomes from making our packs for a wide range of smaller light-weight merchandise we all know our neighborhood will love!
Our Odditty Baggage use material left over from establishing our packs to supply light-weight storage sacks to be used on and off path. Get pleasure from enjoyable colour combos, high-performing supplies, and the data that you simply’re serving to cut back waste by way of reuse—all whereas organizing your tent stakes, studying glasses, first help objects, and different path wants.
Want a easy solution to carry money and playing cards whereas touring or stopping in a path city? Look no additional than the Greenback Collar. This small, zippered pockets is connected to cording to put on as a useful necklace or stylish cross-body bag. A hoop connected to the lanyard enables you to join your keys for straightforward discovering. Designed with leftover material from establishing our packs, this pockets helps cut back and reuse for the planet!
Discover Recycled Materials in These Gossamer Gear Merchandise
As talked about earlier, we launched our transfer to recycled materials with the Jet Line in 2023. Since then, we’ve been switching every part to recycled supplies as we’ve positioned new manufacturing orders.
As of December 2024, all of our merchandise have recycled materials besides:
- Pre-2024 variations of backpacks and equipment
- Murmur
- Quick Kumo in S/M
- Minimalist in Grey
- Bumsters in Grey
- Feedbag
- Hipbelt Pocket
- Tyvek merchandise
- All shelters
We’re trying ahead to persevering with to seek out modern methods to scale back waste and reuse and recycle supplies. You may at all times try our sustainability web page for the most recent updates or attain out to the group at assist@gossamergear.com if in case you have any questions!
Have a Lighter Impression and Lighter Load With Gossamer Gear’s Recycled Material Backpacks
As we proceed to make updates to our line of backpacks and equipment, we’re at all times searching for the place we will take advantage of impression with what we do.
Have any steps you’re taking to scale back your environmental footprint whereas having fun with our shared wild areas? We’d love to listen to about it! Share your perception with us by tagging Gossamer Gear on social media (@gossamergear) and utilizing the hashtag #takelessdomore.
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