For cyclists, there is now a sustainable bike bag made from post-consumer recyclate from the yellow bin and the yellow bag. Vaude, Interseroh and Fitcraft have been nominated for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 with this bag.
The international jury of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe selected the innovative „ReCycle“ bicycle bag series as one of the 13 finalists in the „Household & Leisure Product of the Year“ category. The awards will be announced on 23 June at the Plastics Recycling Show in Amsterdam.
Manica Ulcnik-Krump, Managing Director of the research and development company at Interseroh, sees the nomination as an honour for the development work of the companies: „Together we were able to show that almost any material specification can be produced from plastic waste.“ Thanks to Vaude's development partner Fitcraft from the Czech Republic, the sophisticated components were then put into series production and successfully launched on the market in increasing quantities.
The bike bags are the first bike bags from Vaude in which all Main components obtained from recycled materials have been. „The fabric of our panniers has long been made from recycled material - the big innovation is that we can now also produce a back system from recycled materials,“ explains Kai Vogt, Head of Innovation, Vaude.
The back panel of the bags is made of 100 per cent Procyclen - a recycled plastic that Interseroh produces according to strict quality standards. made from post-consumer waste from the yellow bin/yellow bag.
The plastic construction must fulfil special requirements in order to enable the pannier to be attached to the pannier rack in a way that is both light and permanently stable. The specially developed formulation made from the polypropylene recompound Procyclen has a Long-term impact strength in extremely low and high temperature ranges and additionally guaranteed UV and surface scratch resistance. At the same time, improved tensile strength ensures the geometric stability of the product.
„This is a unique new formulation whose properties have never before been achieved on an industrial scale, even when modifying virgin material,“ says Interseroh Head of Research Dr Manica Ulcnik-Krump. With benefits for the environment: According to a study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Environment the use of Procyclen saves around 56 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions compared to the use of virgin material in.
The new bike bag series consists of three different sized rear panniers (ReCycle Pro Single, ReCycle Back Single, ReCycle Back) and a shopper bag for the bike rack (ReCycle Shopper). All bags are waterproof welded and Climate-neutral production in Germany. They have been available in stores since October 2021.
Source: Interseroh
