An eco-friendly design

AN ECO-RESPONSIBLE WAY TO SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITIES

The Joinery uses special ecological fabric to craft a high-end, trendy, sustainable collection of lifestyle articles. Together, Relais & Châteaux and The Joinery have created an eco-responsible pouch using felt produced from recycled plastic bottles.

The fabric created by The Joinery, called “Future Felt”, is made from plastic bottles collected from oceans and various sites including streets and beaches. For thousands of people living below the poverty line, collecting these bottles provides a precious source of income.

Once collected, the bottles are sorted, separated and de-labelled. They are then washed and shredded into flakes, which are subsequently made into tiny pellets that are processed into fibres. These fibres is weaved into a felt that South African artisan cooperatives use in their collaborative work with The Joinery.
 

REUSABLE

This pouch is more than just a container for a gift: it's sleek, timeless shape makes it the ideal travel companion well after it has fulfilled its original purpose. The pouch can hold travel documents and personal belongings (passport, plane ticket, e-reader, travel guide, eye mask, smartphone, makeup and more), making it a very useful item before, during and after the receiver’s delicious journey. Even the label was designed to be reused as a luggage tag!