GreenPlax

Footwear for Ccilu International Inc.

Trying to protect the ecosystem and the environment, as well as to leave beautiful mother earth for future generations, Ccilu spent 5 years developing GreenPlax technology and created the first-ever footwear collection made primarily out of plastic bottles retrieved from the oceans. The recycled plastic bottles are used for every major component in the shoes, uppers, insoles, and outsoles, turns the hazardous wastes into green material, moreover, the GeenPlax is bottomed-up with 100+ independent and resilient dots to deliver barefoot comfort.

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Unique Properties

Trying to protect the ecosystem and the environment, as well as to leave a beautiful mother earth for future generations, Ccilu spent 5 years developing GreenPlax technology. With GreenPlax technology Ccilu created the first-ever footwear collection made primarily out of plastic bottles retrieved from the oceans. The recycled plastic bottles are used for every major component in the shoes, including the uppers, insoles and outsoles.

Tags

sustainability, recycle, reuse, re-purpose, Global warming, climate change, Eco-friendly, Ccilu, GreenPlax, Barefoot comfort

Production Technology

On average 1 pair of the GreenPlax footwear consumes 15 recycled plastic bottles. With SKIVE-ON technology, each pair of GreenPlax Renee footwear is bottomed-up with 100+ completely independent and highly resilient GreenPlax dots. The belief that both technology and lifestyle shall be sustainable has resulted in GreenPlax. A major milestone of the evolution of footwear industry. The award-winning SKIVE-ON outsoles present the best experiences of super lightweight, barefoot comfort, flexibility, high resilience and great grip.

Design Challenge

We overcame the difficulty of material combination between RPET and EVA to make this impossible challenge become possible to invent the first RPET outsole in the world. Entirely made from recycled plastic bottles instead of requiring petrochemical raw materials to save natural resources and reduces the burden on the environment.

Project Duration

The project started in April 2014 in Taiwan and finished in August 2019 in Taiwan.

Operation Flow

Scientific application to this practical problem: 1. Sort and clean recycled plastic bottles retrieved from the ocean. 2. Shred the recycled plastic bottles into smaller pieces. 3. Breakdown the pieces into perfectly shaped pellets. 4. Melt down the pellets and turn them into fibers. Fibers make the threads. Threads make fabric. And the fabric makes the upper part of the shoe and the lining covering Ortholite insole. 5. Mix remaining pellets with EVA and turn them into a high-performance outsole.

Research

As research, globally 1 million plastic bottles are thrown away every minute and only 4% of them are recycled. When dumped in landfills the leached toxins cause a variety of health issues including cancer. In their final destination, they kill the ocean and lives. GreenPlax is the first-ever sneaker with every major component (upper, insole, and outsole) primarily made from recycled plastic bottles, contrastively the other footwears are merely able to use them to make some uppers fabrics.

Inspiration

The (IPCC) Report concluded, "It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century". The largest human influence has been the emission of greenhouse gases. Particularly more than one million plastic bottles are thrown away every minute globally and less than 4% of these are properly recycled. Others end up in landfills, lots are in the ocean eventually. Something has to be done to keep the ocean clean for future generations.

Image Credits

Main visual : Photographer-Alvin Liu(Product manager) / Illustrator-Joseph Chang(Creative director) / Creator-Wilson Hsu(CEO) Optional Image #No1~4 : Photographer-Alvin Liu(Product manager) / Illustrator-Joseph Chang(Creative director) / Creator-Wilson Hsu(CEO)

Project Overview

GreenPlax Footwear has been a Silver winner in the Footwear, Shoes and Boots Design award category in the year 2019 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

Silver Recognition

Wilson Hsu was recognized with the coveted Silver A' Design Award in 2020, a testament to excellence of their work GreenPlax Footwear.

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