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...
NBC News: Southwest Gives Old Airplane Seats New Life (Video)
Instead of going to landfills, Southwest’s airplane seats are being repurposed into products that are creating opportunities for thousands.
Baltimore Sun: Old Airplane Seats Become Fashion Accessories
Southwest Airlines is a leader on airport runways, but now the popular low-cost carrier is inspiring some high-flying fashion accessories.
Branding Magazine: The Latest Bag is Made From Airplane Seat Covers
We all love bags. Women have collections and men don’t lag behind. A quality leather bag is never too pricey, and we appreciate its comfort and design.
LSN Global: Southwest Airlines Created Products from Unwanted Seats
You’ve probably walked past someone wearing an aeroplane seat on their back and not even noticed...
PSFK: 80,000 Airline Seat Covers Reach Their Final Handbag Destination
When Southwest Airlines made the decision to retire over 80,000 seat covers–for one made of a new more lightweight material to conserve fuel–it soon wondered what to do with them...
KOIN6: Airline Seats Recycled into Handbags (Video)
Southwest Airlines partnered with Portland's Looptworks to get rid of leather seats weighing down their fleet, and the company turned them into a line of unique handbags for sale...
Company Creates Bags Made from Southwest Airline Seats
Have you ever thought, “Hey, I really like this purse, but I wish that more people had farted on it?"...
Portland Based Company Used Airline Seat Leather to Create Leather Bags
Innovation at it’s finest. Portland based company takes 40 acres of leather of former Southwest Airlines seats and creates leather bags.
Washington Post: My Trendy Leather Bag is Actually a Repurposed Southwest Airlines Seat
What do you do when you need to get rid of 80,000 airline seats that are weighing down your flying fleet?