Luggage Made From Recycled Plastic Water Bottles
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Headquartered in a 7,000-square-foot plantation-style captains house built in 1882, LiteGear makes ultralight travel bags and suitcases out of recycled plastic water bottles. We ship entire containers of plastic water bottles to China, but its time we stopped that, said Raible. Because if you think about it, its a natural resource, and we should treat it like one.
Break plastic water bottles down into their essential components, and theyre essentially petroleum. Flaked, melted, and extruded into polyester fiber, the bottles yield a yarn that is very light and very strong. Not one additional drop of petroleum is used to make our products, Raible said.
LiteGears mission to produce sustainable travel gear grew from Raibles long history in the travel industry. Starting at Berkeley, Californiabased North Face in her 20s, Raible rose to be the companys director of product development and product acquisition, where she gained the product design and engineering skills that enabled her to develop LiteGears state-of-the art recycled fabrics.
When I got the idea for LiteGear, one of my inspirations was North Faces expedition backpacks, which had to be as light as humanly possible without compromising durability, she said.