SUSTAINABLE PBS:
RECYCLED AND BIODEGRADABLE SOLES

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SUSTAINABLE PBS:

RECYCLED AND BIODEGRADABLE SOLES

It is also increasingly important for PBS to work from the perspective of sustainability, ensuring that the production cycle is fully environmentally friendly. This has prompted us to use natural materials and produce soles that are biodegradable or made from recycled materials.

RECYCLED SOLES

We have been making recycled soles for more than a year and a half. The great versatility of microporous (the main material used) makes it possible to make any kind of sole: their special feature is that they are composed of many pieces of discarded microporous mixed together, thus reducing, the waste of material and giving new life to pieces discarded from previous processing.

This blend of waste pieces is visible in the grain of the sole, which is grainy and speckled. Otherwise, the recycled sole does not differ from the classic sole in anything else.

BIODEGRADABLE SOLES

We have been producing biodegradable soles for almost a year. It was a natural choice that allowed us to reconcile our ethical principles with current market demands. After the installation of thephotovoltaic system that allows us to work by taking advantage of clean energy such as the sun, implementing the environmental commitment was an investment that we felt was strongly positive and in which we wanted to believe.

All of the soles we produce can be made biodegradable through the use of a special additive: when the shoe is put underground in contact with a highly bacteriological environment, this substance activates the bacteria present, which go on to affect the microporous material of which the sole is composed, transforming it into organic material within 5 years. It is important to point out that this process is triggered exclusively when the sole comes into contact with an already bacteriological environment.

In general, recycled or biodegradable soles are not yet an established reality in the market and are still little publicized even by those who produce them. We decided to listen to the segment of the market that is increasingly interested in this type of production and seized the opportunity to give a new impetus to our business

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