Made using a "mono-material," FREITAG's Mono[PA6] Backpack can easily be recycled in one piece without the need for dismantling once all life-extending programs have been exhausted.

Ever innovating and looking to the future of our planet, FREITAG’s latest circular development is the Mono[PA6] Backpack. Known for their reuse of truck tarps, every part of this bag ? from fabric to zippers to buckles ? is made using only one material: polyamide 6. Known as a “mono-material,” the versatile plastic allows the bag to be easily recycled in one piece without the need for dismantling. When all available life-extending options, such as repair and reuse programs that FREITAG already has in place, have been exhausted and the Mono[PA6] has reached the end of its life, it returns via the brand’s take-back service to the open-loop material cycle and can be mechanically recycled into reusable raw polyamide 6.
However, making a backpack out of just one material is more complicated than it might sound. Circular Technologist Anna Blattert shares, “We weren?t interested in making simple carrier bags so much as functional, durable, and, above all, water-repellent FREITAG products made of just one material. We didn?t expect that a reduction in the number of materials would increase the complexity of the project ? especially as regards sourcing ? so drastically.” A total of 17 components made of PA6 had to be sourced, all with specific requi...