The textiles system operates in an almost completely linear way: large amounts of non-renewable resources are extracted to produce products that are often used for only a short time, after which the materials are mostly sent to landfill or incinerated. However, Opus Mind, a line of luxury leather accessories, is bringing light to an alternative solution: circular design.
Depending on who you ask, leather is either a by-product, co-product, or sub-product of the meat industry, which is bad for the planet. But Polyurethane leather is made from petroleum, which is also bad for the planet. They’re not the only two options, but they are the most common, and choosing between them pits questions of animal use against questions of sustainability.
However, Opus Mind, a line of luxury leather accessories, is bringing light to an alternative solution: circular design.
Circular design, or circular fashion, introduces a regenerative system to solve the problems of end-of-life of products.
The textiles system operates in an almost completely linear way: large amounts of non-renewable resources are extracted to produce products that are often used for only a short time, after which the materials are mostly sent to landfill or incinerated.
Opus Mind is made from recycled leather– shredded scraps that would otherwise end in landfills and create more greenhouse gas. Besides giving new life to a waste material, this reduces the demand for virgin leather production, cutting back the need for chemical tanning process that pollutes that environment.
Established in 2016, RecycLeather™ is a green technology company that uses a smart recycling process of natural leather fibers from traceable pre-consumer leather wastage.
The upcycled leather is obtained from industrial glove off-cuts, material that would ordinarily go to waste. It’s RCS-100 Certified which means 95% of content is traceable recycled material. The importance of traceability is the value to a circular fashion; closing the loop with recycling is key to minimizing our carbon footprint.
The search for beautiful craftsmanship led the Opus Mind team to Florence, Italy, where they found a family-owned factory has been passed down its crafts for three generations. Their expertise in working with leather goods ignited a crusade to push for a circular economy and further reduce waste produced by fashion. 
The search for beautiful craftsmanship led the Opus Mind team to Florence, Italy, where they found a family-owned factory has been passed down its crafts for three generations. Their expertise in working with leather goods ignited a crusade to push for a circular economy and further reduce waste produced by fashion. 
CIRCULAR FASHION
We are running out of resources. That we know. And yet, most brands still operate under the ‘take, make, dispose’ model where waste in production and consumption is damaging our planet at an alarming rate. A circular fashion creates a regenerative system to solve the problems of end-of-life of products. Resources, waste and emission are minimized by long-lasting design, maintenance, repair, reuse, remanufacturing, recycling and upcycling.
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