WoW! This cheerful umbrella does not only protect you perfectly against heavy rainfall, it is also 100% sustainable!
To make 1 umbrella, 5 plastic bottles are shredded into small grains. A new material is then extracted from this: RPET from which a broad variety of products can be made, like this umbrella.
Interesting facts: all RPET products make a positive contribution to the environment. For example, 90% less water is used in the processing of RPET and 70% less CO2 is emitted than in the production of ordinary plastic. And last but not least: every day millions of plastic bottles are thrown away. 80% of the costs of a bottle of water are production costs of the bottle.
Recycling is therefore also economically smart ... But not only that! With the purchase of this product you also support the Plastic Bank - an international organization with two main goals that concern us all: reducing poverty and reducing the plastic soup in the oceans that is an environmental catastrophe. Plastic Bank pays people in developing countries to collect the plastic from the 5 most polluting rivers in the world. From this plastic waste, which therefore no longer ends up in the oceans, the so-called RPET material is made, allowed to carry internationally recognized Social Plastic® label.