Cool with a conscience! Our eco-friendly "Rosy" purse has been handmade using two of the strangest bedfellows － inner tubes from discarded car and truck tires, and green recycled leather. Its sturdy, water-resistant materials will protect your valuables from the elements while proving that one man’s trash is another man (or woman’s) treasure! Handmade in El Salvador and fair trade imported. 7.5”L x 5”H x 3”D. Handles: 21"
Handcrafted by Uca Ruffatti, an artisan's group based in El Salvador that uses all-natural, recycled and/or re-purposed materials to create handbags, purses and messenger bags with an earth-friendly outlook. Its goal to "bring to life this wonder given to us by Mother Nature" has inspired a line of fashion-forward designs that benefit the environment. For more by this artisan, please visit www.oneworldprojects.com.
How Recycled Leather Is Made
1. Trimmings are collected from the garment and car industries that use leather.
2. Trimmings are dumped into a series of grinders to break the leather down into fibers. At this stage it looks like a pile of lint.
3. Fibers go through a series of washings and are then reconstituted by adding glue and bonding agent.
4. The mixture is rolled, pressed, heated, painted, and dried into sheets, then either stamped for texture (alligator, pebble, and other designs) or left smooth.
5. Ready for re-use! Recycled leather can be used for purses, checkbook covers and passport holders, wallets, mouse pads, shoes, plotter pads for desks, penholders, picture frames, and a variety of other household items.
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