WHY UPCYCLE?
The benefits of upcycling include resource conservation, less carbon footprints, saving energy, and saving landfill space. When you buy an upcycled product made from discarded materials, you directly offset the water and energy needed to make new materials from scratch to produce the same product. And in the process, you are helping to conserve resources.
UNDERSTAND WHY
Hemp Fabric
Is the Solution
Hemp has the power to absorb up to 10 tons of CO2 per acre, hemp IS the climate change solution. Unlike cotton, growing hemp requires sunshine, 50% less water, and no pesticides, herbicides, or artificial fertilizer. Hemp can produce 250% more fiber and produce a ton of finished textiles using the same amount of land as cotton.
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Benefits of Hemp fashion
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Hemp fiber is one of the strongest and most durable all-natural textile fibers. Urbane Luggage's 100% hemp fabric is timeless, lightweight, and 3x stronger than the strength of cotton to securely transport your stuff for decades.
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The Versatility of Hemp Plants
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Top producers in many diverse industries use hemp as raw material for clothes, food products, cars, building materials, cosmetics, and more! Today, more than 50,000 eco-products are created from hemp.
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It's time to make natural fabrics the standard, and we're happy to set the gold bar.
VEGAN LEATHER
Naturally soft Polyurethane faux leather offers a greener alternative to vinyl (PVC). PVC contains chloride and is not degradable. It leaches toxic additives in landfills and emits carcinogenic dioxin when incinerated. Polyurethane faux leather offers a greener alternative to leather. Leather production is a chemical-laden process, including the use of heavy metals.
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Urbane Luggage leather trim passes the California Section 01350 emissions test, which tests potential interior products for extremely low levels of toxic chemicals, including VOCs. Our leather is manufactured in an ISO 14001 certified facility, that is conscientious of the green movement. A variety of policies are in places, such as air and water pollution decrement systems, as well as reduction and reuse of solvents.