ATLAS® RECYCLING SAFETY SHOE
RUNNER 75 GREEN s1P
“One green step further” has always been the motto of our company when it comes to emission reductions, rainwater use and wastewater, raw material use, climate-neutral fuel alternatives and employee benefits. Our latest innovation enables us to make our high awareness of a sustainable future tangible for the first time in the product portfolio in 2023. The ATLAS® Recycling Safety Shoe is not only made of recycled materials – every part of this shoe has been thought through both holistically and sustainably. The result? A triple-green safety shoe. Upper, midsole and insole are made of highly innovative materials and use intelligent processes in production for more efficient material recycling.
UPPER
MESH-upper becomes PET-upper. The shaft of our recycling shoe consists of 92% recycled PET bottles. The material is called REPREVE® polyester and is already used by numerous well-known brands. To produce REPREVE® polyester, plastic bottles and post-industrial waste collected worldwide are chopped, ground, washed and processed into high-quality flakes. These flakes are melted into liquid polymer and extruded through tiny openings in a spinneret, thus creating filaments that form the REPREVE® fibre. The company Unifi spins the fibre into yarn, from which a material is woven - REPREVE® polyester, which we process for the shaft of our ATLAS® Recycling Safety Shoe. In a comprehensive process we were awarded the U Trust® certificate, which confirms our compliance with the REPREVE® Certification Standards.
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>> The topic of sustainability is anchored directly in our management at ATLAS®. In this way, we ensure that the aspect of sustainability is incorporated into all of the company's central decision-making processes. It is our intention with the Recycling Safety Shoe to consistently follow through with our clear green line: from sustainable resource procurement and environmentally friendly production through to responsible end products. We believe that implementing a sustainable supply chain is a prerequisite for running successful businesses in the long term nowadays. <<
Hendrik Schabsky
CEO of ATLAS® | A 5th generation shoemaker
RECYCLING PROCESS
REPREVE® FILAMENT YARN
MADE LIKE NO OTHER - FROM RECYCLED PLASTIC BOTTLES
REPREVE® recycled polyester is one of the best certified, traceable fibres in the world. High-quality recycled fibres are made from 100% recycled materials, including post-consumer water bottles and pre-consumer waste.
ADDING SOLIDS TO THE PRODUCTION CYCLE
As with all ATLAS® safety shoes, the sole is made from our in-house MPU® (multifunctional polyurethane). We have further advanced the production process for the Recycling Safety Shoe
RECYCLING INSOLE
The recycling insole Clima Comfort consists of 86% recycled ecofoam. The result is top-level comfort for your feet and sustainability for our planet.
