According to sandal company IndoSole’s website, there’s one motorcycle for every eight people in Indonesia. With roughly 237 million people there, that’s a lot of bikes. And a lot of discarded tires. IndoSole is working to keep some of those tires from winding up in Indonesia’s landfills.
IndoSole Sandals ($45) are made in Bali using fair trade practices, employing locals and re-purposing used motorcycle tires - 2 pairs keeps 1 tire out of Balinese landfills - to fabricate the soles. The only fuel-powered machinery that’s used in the process is the motorcycle that’s used to gather the tires. They’re about as organic as footwear gets. Here's a video about the production proccess.
IndoSole Sandals ($45) are made in Bali using fair trade practices, employing locals and re-purposing used motorcycle tires - 2 pairs keeps 1 tire out of Balinese landfills - to fabricate the soles. The only fuel-powered machinery that’s used in the process is the motorcycle that’s used to gather the tires. They’re about as organic as footwear gets. Here's a video about the production proccess.
IndoSole Production Process from IndoSole on Vimeo.
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