What is more cool that this an ocean plastic backpack! Launched and funded on Kickstarter the Solgarrd backpack is made from ocean plastics collected from the Maldives. The plastic is melted into pellets, made into yarn.. and voila a fabric which results in the DayPack!
Each backpack helps to clean up 5 pounds of trash. They have lined up suppliers in the Philippines one of the most beach trashed countries.
I Have to Eco You
- 139.5 Million backpacks sold in the USA in 2013
- 8 Million backpacks sold by Jansport in 2015.
- The market for backpacks at $100 million in the UK and $2.7 billion in the United States.
That is a lot backpacks and what a market.. Our ocean trash wardrobe is developing!
You can preorder now and they ship anywhere in the world. See more on Kickstarter