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KOMONO Sustainability Actions

Recycled and plant-based materials

Recycled acetate: All the bits and pieces left over from production get dyed with natural pigment into a perfect black acetate. Eco Acetate: An all-natural, allergy-free plastic made from plants! Made using natural and renewable resources like cotton and wood pulp, this organic material decomposes over time. Bio plastic: Plastic made from sustainably cultivated, 100% natural castor beans using 45% less fossil fuel then regular plastics.

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Recycled straps and metals

Our Nato straps are made from recycled plastic bottles. This process upcycles the bottles and helps to reduce plastics in landfills and our oceans. Recycled titanium: Titanium is light but strong metal that is fully weather resistant. This material is fully renewable and recyclable. Stainless Steel: Stainless steel is often used for our eyewear and watches. This material is also fully renewable and recyclable.

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Changed eyewear and watch packaging

We’ve moved away from hard-shell cases and now offer a lightweight and more compact soft pouch for our eyewear. The pouches are made from recycled plastic bottles, GRS certified (Global recycled standard), and reusable. Our design team worked out the best way to use paper to create our watch boxes, making sure we limit our impact on our environment. They're almost entirely made out of paper & are easy to dispose, are FSC certified (responsibly managed forests), and reusable as watch storage or protection.

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Design for reuse and waste reduction

Both for its products and packaging, we strive to find the right balance between rich design and a minimalist and highly efficient design approach. We opt for mono materials, which facilitate recycling or reuse at the end of the product lifecycle. Our design team makes the most out of the raw materials they use, designing to optimize their resources and reduce waste.

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Carbon neutral shipments

As we operate in over 70 markets, KOMONO products are transported all over the planet daily. Since January 2020, KOMONO’s train and boat shipments are fully carbon neutral thanks to initiatives taken from our partner. We are still investigating on optimizing our shipments leaving Belgium to our retail partners & end-consumers.

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Unsold product and upcycling

We do not want to have our products end up in landfills and as such we never dump any unsold product. We believe in enduring classics that can withstand the test of time. A larger part of our collections consists of products that are seasonless and are carried over from one year until the next. Novelty products are made to order or tested onto the market in small batches as to avoid any overstock. KOMONO wants all its creations to find a home – and another one after that. We already have a well-established end-of-life program with trusted partners to make sure that all its items will be reused. We also have worked on an upcycling/repurposing program where our unsold optical frames from previous collections are turned into sunglasses.

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