PLASTICANA HEMP MULE CLOGS - OPANA - T42/47

FROM PHOTOSYNTHESIS : Plasticana is committed to reducing the use of petroleum in plastics by using renewable carbon derived from photosynthesis: HEMP. 
This plant was chosen because:

• it grows at all latitudes.
• it captures as much, if not more, carbon in 4 months of cultivation as a forest in our temperate countries in 12 months of growth!!
• the strength of its textile fibers reinforces the plastic into which it is mixed,
• the sugars it contains naturally color the material a caramel tone, which avoids the use of chemical pigments. 
• Each piece has a unique color

TO SYNTHETIC MATERIAL : Plasticana only accepts the use of recyclable (or recycled) plastics in the mixture with the fiber-processed hemp. Among these, preference is given to vinyl families, which have a lower dependence on petroleum (57% comes from salt, and the remaining 43% of ethylene could be made from sugar plants like sugar beets in the future).

Their various formulations comply with the European REACH program.
Their production sites are managed under the ISO 14001 environmental standard and are located in France, just like the hemp fields used for the industry…

TO SYNTHETIC RE-SOURCING : Plasticana products can go through existing processes for their recycling.
Once they have become granules again, they can be given a new life cycle in a new form,

All have the same destiny: to be able to become a material for future generations once again!

Andre Ravachol : Founder of the Plasticana brand in 1998, André Ravachol fights for the union of the technological heritages of the plastics and hemp farming industries.

A creator of eco-materials, he collaborates with the Humeau-Baupreau group, which has been manufacturing Plasticana shoes since 2008.