LAÜD Recycled

Ire­ne Brot­ons is the desi­gner of LAÜD Recy­cled and part­ner in crime of Onei­da, foun­der of LAÜD Recy­cled. Tog­e­ther they have seen the tex­ti­le recy­cling pro­cess, visi­ted fac­to­ries, cont­ac­ted sup­pli­ers and pro­to­ty­ped, to final­ly achie­ve the result of the LAÜD Recy­cled trainers.

Behind them, the­re is a gre­at team of local sup­pli­ers and fac­to­ries.

LAÜD Recy­cled coll­ec­tions are born under ethi­cal and sus­tainable values. They are manu­fac­tu­red in Elche, in small fami­ly fac­to­ries, which for years have given and give work to many fami­lies. In addi­ti­on, their main fac­to­ry, whe­re they car­ry out the pat­tern making, cut­ting, assem­bly and pack­a­ging work, has the SME­TA audit, Sedex Mem­bers Ethi­cal Trade Audit Report, one of the most wide­ly used social audits in the world, which eva­lua­tes a fac­to­ry accor­ding to the stan­dards of its orga­ni­sa­ti­on in terms of work, health and safe­ty, envi­ron­ment and busi­ness ethics, to ensu­re good conditions. 

In addi­ti­on, each of its pro­ducts is hand­ma­de. An artis­a­nal pro­cess that is aided by tech­no­lo­gi­cal deve­lo­p­ment.

LAÜD Recy­cled was foun­ded in Sep­tem­ber 2019 and con­so­li­da­ted in 2021. During the 16 months that the pro­cess of crea­ting and manu­fac­tu­ring their sus­tainable shoes las­ted, they tes­ted dif­fe­rent recy­cled mate­ri­als that met the qua­li­ty they were loo­king for.

Final­ly, they deci­ded to opt for recy­cled mate­ri­als made from recy­cled pla­s­tic bot­t­les, which they com­bi­ned with a sole made of 50% recy­cled eva rub­ber and cof­fee. On their saw-style soles, you can see the cof­fee specks of orga­nic mate­ri­al that have been included to redu­ce the per­cen­ta­ge of rub­ber used.

The inso­les of their slip­pers are remo­va­ble, and are made with indus­tri­al was­te from mat­tres­ses, pil­lows and indus­tri­al was­te, and cover­ed with a vegan anti­bac­te­ri­al fabric that gua­ran­tees the pro­tec­tion of our feet against fun­gi and bacteria.

They also have very careful details, such as the rib­bons they have used, which are made from recy­cled cot­ton. In addi­ti­on, the straps they have used in the heel area is the remains of the samples they were working with during the crea­ti­on process.

The cir­cu­la­ri­ty of was­te is one of the fun­da­men­tal pil­lars on which the brand is founded. 

They use cof­fee grounds in the soles of their shoes to redu­ce the use of vir­gin mate­ri­als, and trans­form tex­ti­le was­te into high qua­li­ty recy­cled fibres, clo­sing the fashion circle.

With a pair of LAÜD Recy­cled shoes you are recy­cling or reu­sing: 22 pla­s­tic bot­t­les (used for the fabrics), 3 cof­fee cap­su­les (used for the crea­ti­on of the sole), 0,78 gr of recy­cled eva rub­ber(used for the crea­ti­on of the soles), 0,52 gr of mat­tres­ses and pil­lows (used to crea­te the remo­va­ble inso­les) and 0,45 gr of recy­cled cot­ton (used to crea­te rib­bons and laces).

In addi­ti­on, they are mem­bers of goCir­cu­lar Radar, The­Cir­cu­lar­La­b’s map of cir­cu­lar com­pa­nies, which cer­ti­fies that LAÜD Recy­cled reli­es on the deve­lo­p­ment of the cir­cu­lar eco­no­my to manu­fac­tu­re its products.

Cir­cu­lar eco­no­my is the iden­ti­ty of this brand that seeks to achie­ve the cir­cu­la­ri­ty of its products!

Pro­mo­ting local employ­ment in the area is one of the objec­ti­ves of the foun­der of LAÜD Recy­cled. The­r­e­fo­re, it works with fac­to­ries and work­shops of the tra­di­tio­nal shoe indus­try in the area of Elche (Spain).

The direct cont­act with the exter­nal fac­to­ries and workers ensu­res that they can mana­ge the enti­re pro­duc­tion chain and main­tain direct cont­act with the employees.

In addi­ti­on, working with local fac­to­ries allows them to pro­du­ce coll­ec­tions that redu­ce their car­bon foot­print. Com­pared to con­ven­tio­nal, non-sus­tainable foot­wear, their foot­print is redu­ced by 40%.

LAÜD Recy­cled shoes are 100% vegan and have the Vegan cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on from INESCOP, which cer­ti­fies that the mate­ri­als do not con­tain ele­ments of ani­mal origin.

LAÜD Recy­cled shoes have a tim­e­l­ess style and are made from qua­li­ty recy­cled mate­ri­als for com­fort and dura­bi­li­ty.

Trai­ners that are desi­gned for ever­y­day wear and will help you redu­ce your foot­print on this planet!

LAÜD Recy­cled is a very trans­pa­rent brand! The COSH! sus­taina­bi­li­ty team was able to talk to the foun­der of the brand and they assu­re us that LAÜD Recy­cled is a very trans­pa­rent brand. 

They have very good pro­duct tracea­bi­li­ty, i.e. they have pro­vi­ded us with infor­ma­ti­on about whe­re they make their pro­ducts, the names of their sup­pli­ers and they have even shown us their cer­ti­fi­ca­tes and very detail­ed infor­ma­ti­on. In addi­ti­on, they publicly dis­c­lo­se detail­ed infor­ma­ti­on about the real cost of their shoes in the ​“Trans­pa­ren­cy” sec­tion of their website.