Tag: upcycled

Timbuk2 Goes Full-Cycle

We’ve seen a number of innovative bags from Timbuk2 this season, but this month the company has gone Full-Cycle, with its new brand of recycled/upcycled bags. These feature fabrics and webbing that come from recycled plastic bottles, while the straps and buckles are made from post-industrial and post-consumer materials.

The Full-Cycle collection features a messenger bag, backpack, tote bag and iPad/Kindle Fire Sleeve. So no matter what you bringing the Full-Cycle should have you covered with an upcycled bag.

Timbuk2 Upcycled Collection

Made in America: Alchemy Goods

There is an old saying that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Seattle-based Alchemy Goods essentially operates on that principal, and it creates new products from what many of us would likely just toss in the garbage.

This includes inner tubes, and to date the company has reclaimed more than 182,000 tubes from across the country and used these to make durable products including messenger bags and belts. Alchemy Goods has also partnered with REI bike shops and Trek retailers to obtain the tubes – ensuring that bike shops that do accept tubes actually have somewhere to send them.

On each product that Alchemy Goods produces it stitches a tiny number in the upper right hand corner, and while small it has a big significance – as it represents the percent by weight of upcycled material that goes into each product. The company strives to make this numbers as high as possible by incorporating as much upcycled material as they can. Continue reading Made in America: Alchemy Goods

Sourced Bags Sourced From Upcycled Trailer Curtains

Don’t call it recycled, because for Sourced its new messenger bags aren’t so much “recycled” as these are “upcycled” from tractor trailer curtains, which were previously used to protect cargo. These tarps are cleaned, and hand sewn into very durable bags from the UK-based company.

All of these are trimmed with bicycle tubes and “upcycled” seatbelts for slings. The bags are available in three sizes and while these show some wear when “brand new” these will likely be ready to survive many miles more.

Sourced Official Website