Comments on: Boots made from old tube and bus seats http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats Creative ideas for reusing and recycling random stuff Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:55:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: AreEmm http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats/comment-page-1#comment-1226348 AreEmm Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:50:14 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats#comment-1226348 Really great idea!!!! Would love to know if anybody knows where to source this fabric from? May sound strange but i wish to re cover my period car seats of the same era. Many thanks in advance! Really great idea!!!! Would love to know if anybody knows where to source this fabric from? May sound strange but i wish to re cover my period car seats of the same era.

Many thanks in advance!

]]> By: m.m http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats/comment-page-1#comment-940228 m.m Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:03:02 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats#comment-940228 i want some stuff related to home decore. i want some stuff related to home decore.

]]> By: nelly http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats/comment-page-1#comment-856371 nelly Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:55:32 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats#comment-856371 i love those they r so kl! and made completely out of recycled materials as well! does anyone know how 2 do actualy do something like this but with easier accessible materials? i love those they r so kl! and made completely out of recycled materials as well! does anyone know how 2 do actualy do something like this but with easier accessible materials?

]]> By: Joe http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats/comment-page-1#comment-793420 Joe Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:40:53 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats#comment-793420 I am glad I stopped by to read this post. It is refreshing to read an author who knows the subject matter. I will be adding you to my reader. I am glad I stopped by to read this post. It is refreshing to read an author who knows the subject matter. I will be adding you to my reader.

]]> By: alison http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats/comment-page-1#comment-740742 alison Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:35:37 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats#comment-740742 great to see recycled waste being used in this way - but ??being taken from UK to Portugal for manufacture into footwear and back again for sale?? Surely manufacture can be achieved in the UK thereby greatly reducing the energy required to produce the items and making sense of the initial idea of recycling - reducing waste and energy usage. hope to see more great items in future but manufactured in the UK. great to see recycled waste being used in this way – but ??being taken from UK to Portugal for manufacture into footwear and back again for sale?? Surely manufacture can be achieved in the UK thereby greatly reducing the energy required to produce the items and making sense of the initial idea of recycling – reducing waste and energy usage. hope to see more great items in future but manufactured in the UK.

]]> By: joe http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats/comment-page-1#comment-707683 joe Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:01:40 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats#comment-707683 Good work, I like it. We are convinced that these kinds of skills still do exist in the UK within the highly disadvantaged homeworker community. Factories certainly do not exist, but there are still people who know how and are looking for work. Good work, I like it.

We are convinced that these kinds of skills still do exist in the UK within the highly disadvantaged homeworker community. Factories certainly do not exist, but there are still people who know how and are looking for work.

]]> By: louisa http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats/comment-page-1#comment-706811 louisa Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:25:21 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats#comment-706811 There was a sneaking semi-colon on the end of it - I've edited it now :) -louisa :) There was a sneaking semi-colon on the end of it – I’ve edited it now :)

-louisa :)

]]> By: Alison Bailey Smith http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats/comment-page-1#comment-706776 Alison Bailey Smith Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:00:04 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats#comment-706776 Hi there, glad to get all the information in your comment but tried to use the link for the sculpture and did not work, will try again cutting and pasting. Alison http://www.abscraft.com Hi there, glad to get all the information in your comment but tried to use the link for the sculpture and did not work, will try again cutting and pasting.
Alison
http://www.abscraft.com

]]> By: lovelondoner http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats/comment-page-1#comment-702653 lovelondoner Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:41:41 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats#comment-702653 Hi Matt, making in the UK would be great, but the machinery and skills do not exist in the UK anymore. ABOVE+BELOW LONDON did look into it. Most of the UK shoe factories have closed - killed off mostly by competition from the Far East! Demand for cheap shoes is the problem, and cheap imports have flooded the market internationally. The cost to set-up in the UK would be prohibitively expensive. We scoured the planet for an ethical factory to create these shoes and we wanted it to be as close to the UK as possible. The people who make these shoes in Portugal are skilled artisans - Please see the 'make to order' page on the www.aboveandbelowlondon.com website. The materials we reuse: tube and bus seat fabric, leather cheque book wallets and tyre rubber were originally destined for landfill/incineration in the UK, a total waste of resources, not to mention the original energy that went into creating them all in the first place! We put any profits into a not-for-profit company TRiP which is currently researching and developing better techniques for redirecting waste streams (especially within the transport industry). A tree is also donated to our charity tree planting partners Trees for Cities for each pair sold. Protecting the environment and encouraging & inspiring others to do the same is our passion. For this very reason we also set-up the Recycled Sculpture Show www.recycledsculptureshow.co.uk and are on the Love London steering committee & board of London21. Hi Matt, making in the UK would be great, but the machinery and skills do not exist in the UK anymore.
ABOVE+BELOW LONDON did look into it.
Most of the UK shoe factories have closed – killed off mostly by competition from the Far East! Demand for cheap shoes is the problem, and cheap imports have flooded the market internationally.
The cost to set-up in the UK would be prohibitively expensive. We scoured the planet for an ethical factory to create these shoes and we wanted it to be as close to the UK as possible.
The people who make these shoes in Portugal are skilled artisans – Please see the ‘make to order’ page on the http://www.aboveandbelowlondon.com website.
The materials we reuse: tube and bus seat fabric, leather cheque book wallets and tyre rubber were originally destined for landfill/incineration in the UK, a total waste of resources, not to mention the original energy that went into creating them all in the first place!
We put any profits into a not-for-profit company TRiP which is currently researching and developing better techniques for redirecting waste streams (especially within the transport industry). A tree is also donated to our charity tree planting partners Trees for Cities for each pair sold.
Protecting the environment and encouraging & inspiring others to do the same is our passion. For this very reason we also set-up the Recycled Sculpture Show http://www.recycledsculptureshow.co.uk and are on the Love London steering committee & board of London21.

]]> By: Matt http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats/comment-page-1#comment-701778 Matt Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:38:58 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats#comment-701778 A great product being 100% recycled but they would be even better if they were made in the UK. Thus cutting down on shipping materials to Portugal. A great product being 100% recycled but they would be even better if they were made in the UK. Thus cutting down on shipping materials to Portugal.

]]> By: louisa http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats/comment-page-1#comment-701068 louisa Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:54:48 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats#comment-701068 I wasn't suggesting that they're a completely innovative idea - I've seen a good number of old-tyre-soled shoes - but the reason I featured it was for the seat design stuff, and because they're 100% recycled waste materials. I think we need more people doing more stuff like this and not really worrying about who did it first. I wasn’t suggesting that they’re a completely innovative idea – I’ve seen a good number of old-tyre-soled shoes – but the reason I featured it was for the seat design stuff, and because they’re 100% recycled waste materials.

I think we need more people doing more stuff like this and not really worrying about who did it first.

]]> By: MJ Ray http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats/comment-page-1#comment-701025 MJ Ray Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:05:08 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats#comment-701025 Sounds rather like the first pair from http://www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk/about_us/30269_i.html - great artists steal, huh? Sounds rather like the first pair from http://www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk/about_us/30269_i.html – great artists steal, huh?

]]> By: john http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats/comment-page-1#comment-700929 john Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:12:50 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20081204/boots-made-from-old-tube-and-bus-seats#comment-700929 Ha, I remember the orangey ones in the middle from the buses around Bradford when I was a kid :) Ha, I remember the orangey ones in the middle from the buses around Bradford when I was a kid :)

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