Re:Made collection
We have high hopes. High hopes of textiles, but also high hopes to make the world a better place. Our mission at The Swapshop is to reduce the textile mountains. While we’ve already come a long way with swapping, the piles of non-swappable clothes are getting bigger as well. Together with some pretty amazing partners we're working on reducing these piles. We're creating new circular products, (partly) made from recycled cotton yarns: The Re:Made collection. Our very first circular product is The Puffer: a laptop sleeve for 70% made out of recycled cotton.
Made locally
With care for the makers.
70% recycled cotton
And recyclable after its end of life.
Guarantee
To make the most out of it.
Circular laptop sleeve
Our circular laptop sleeve The Puffer is the very first product of our Re:Made collection. The Puffer is 100% made out of cotton, of which 70% is recycled cotton. The other part is BCI cotton. It's durable and has a unique appearance due to the compartments filled with recycled cotton pulp. That's why we call it The Puffer. The Puffer is available in all our stores.
High hopes
Watch our hopeful story.
Impact
Due to the circularity of The Re:Made collection, the production has a much lower impact compared to many alternatives. We measured the impact of The Puffer in comparison with a laptop sleeve with the same weight and transport chain, but made of virgin cotton. And this makes a big difference.
5 x less CO2 emissions
24 x less water use
3,8 x less energy use
Circularity
The recycled cotton that we use for The Re:Made collection is post production and is coming from Spain. Our aim for the future is to recycle our own cotton non swappable clothes in The Netherlands together with our partners. Because The Re:Made collection is fully made from cotton, both recycled and BCI cotton, it remains recyclable at the end of its lifecycle. The products are designed for circularity.
Locally woven fabrics
The fabrics are locally woven by our partner Enschede Textielstad. Enschede once was the 2nd biggest textile city of Europe. Enschede Textielstad brings back the craftsmanship with a local industrial weaving facility. Due to the close personal connections with suppliers, there is full transparency about where the cotton is coming from.
Locally made with love
The products of The Re:Made collection are designed by local designers and made by local social ateliers. The Puffer is designed and made by Makers Unite, located in Amsterdam. Makers Unite is a textile-based creative agency with a big social mission. Makers Unite supports the creative talent of newcomers by providing them with training programs and collaborating. Due to the expertise and craftsmanship of our local partners, The Re:Made collection consists of durable products of high quality. Besides that, we're creating a social impact.
A hopeful journey
Finding the best solution for the accumulating heaps of our non-swappable textiles is an ongoing journey. We aim to give every incoming item a new life locally, together with our partners. The creation of The Puffer is only the beginning of our circular Re:Made collection. Based on this experience, we're working on the next step: a collection of circular pillows, partly made from recycled cotton yarns and filled with recycled cotton pulp. We aim to launch these products in 2027.
