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Forbes: 10 Great Gifts For Travelers, 2015 Edition
"We love recycled products, especially when they’ve got a story as clever and a look as cool as these bags from Portland, Oregon-based Looptworks."
USA Today: Horizon Air Seat Covers Reborn as Travel Bags
When Alaska Airlines decided to replace the seat covers on planes flown by its sister carrier, Horizon Air, sending the old leather to the landfill seemed too wasteful...
Portland Tribune: Repurposed Bags Made from Upcycled Langlitz Leather
Edgy good looks, timeless style, decades of durability. Plus, it helps save the planet...
Materialology: Upcycled Classics from Langlitz Leather
Two unique brands in their own right, Looptworks and Langlitz have come together to create the LOOPT classics collection of bags and accessories, made entirely in the USA...
Hot Bike Web: Loopt Classics, Bags and Accessories
You could call this a eco-friendly collaboration but lets just say it just makes sense for the brands positioning...
The Manual: Waste Not, Want Not
The apparel industry is responsible for a huge amount of waste — not just from people discarding old clothes, as you might think, but from the clothes manufacturing process itself...
Naturepedic: Making Better Decisions
Store your electronics safely in an upcycled, recycled or responsibly manufactured bags. Looptworks makes laptop cases and bags made from excess materials from other manufacturers...
Inc: Amazing Business Travel Products and Gifts
When you travel on business, you find out which gadgets actually help you stay connected and boost your productivity. Here are a few that will help on your next trip.
Outside Online: What Companies Guarantee Their Gear
Sometimes gear breaks or fails before it should. If that happens, you want a refund or at least a new product. Some companies will fight you, but I've listed several below that won't...
Mat Magazine: Surf's Up with Upcycled Wetsuit Laptop Sleeves
We love love love recycled products! With a fashion industry that produces millions of tons of clothing, footwear and textiles each year, there are so many opportunities to reuse and recycle...
Best Leather: Meet Looptworks
Looptworks is a Portland-based bag and pack company made entirely from pre-consumer upcycled materials. Instead of sourcing brand new materials, Looptworks takes perfectly usable “waste” materials from around the globe to create unique products...
Pro Photo Supply: Made in the Northwest
We recently took a trip over to Looptwork’s NE Portland headquarters to talk to co-founder Scott Hamlin about what makes the company tick. Motivated by their B-Corp triple bottom line policy of people, planet, and profit, Looptworks is out to make beautiful, functional products that also give back to the environment...