Go With the Green Flow: on Sustainable Skateboards
March 19th, 2008 by Frans Prins Posted in Blog, Products, Trends & Marketing
Going green…over the pavements. Brazilian innovation group Let’s EVO and materials developer Fibra Sustainable Design Materials have created a funky, sustainable skateboard. Go with the green flow!
The cover layers of new eco skate board model are from Papunha Veneer, produced from the waste of the sustainable palm-heart industry. The second layer is a composite formed by 70% natural fibers (jute, malva and curaua) and 30% post-production recycled polypropylene. The natural fibers of this material are also produced fair trade. The heart of the board is from 3-ply Organic Bamboo, grown without chemicals and in a sustainable model.
Other sustainable skateboard models: Arbor’s and Sector 9’s.
Sources: Treehugger, Haute Nature
