What Simple Shoes?
No other shoe can claim to be a fully sustainable product or even environmentally friendly. Simple, however, can speak of ecology with a clear conscience.
Natural materials and recoverable: Simple love for the planet goes so far that the company self-imposed narrow limits with respect to the environmental compatibility of its products. Simple ® works according to its own scale and ecological quality, over three levels: "Good, Better, Best" or nothing. Backpacks shoulder bags and some must be "satisfied", the indication "Good". All other items are at least "Better". Which means recycled PET bottles for laces and the foundation of the foot, car tires and bicycle inner tubes for rubber elements, the bark of coconut buttons, brass used for the rare metal elements, organic cotton and hemp for the exterior and interior surfaces, cork and latex midsoles for. The components are assembled ecological these shoes through water-based adhesives.
 
A philosophy that simple ....
... That its implementation is radical

Producers range from simple thought hippie and business sense, for after all their business needs continue to exist for millions - or as they like to say, the gazillions - of years.
A wish that they apply also to the blue planet and that drives them to work in this direction.

Men and women who make Simple are critical to screw themselves and their products and thereby assume some responsibility for the globe and the atmosphere. The company supports and stopglobalwarming.org, an organization of fight against climate change.

 
BIO-D Collection

What qu'EcoPure?

EcoPure is an organic spécialementdéveloppé. In short: EcoPure is a mixture of pellets composed of tiny microbes Demille added to our plastic, a mix of EVA and rubber in liquid form. We mix 3% by weight TotalDue EcoPure plastic, rubber or EVA.

What does EcoPure?

Microbes to sink their EcoPure mêmesdans molecular structures of our EVA and rubber, and possibly only in appropriate circumstances, EcoPure dissolved components that hold the material so that the Ace outsole eventually turns into humus - which is the basis of a fancy word for soil.
Easy comparison: think auxtermites and wood. Eventually the wood termites degrade complètementl'intégrité biting and excreting molecules wood. It is cequ'EcoPure plastic, rubber and EVA.

My shoes they begin to biodegrade at my feet?

Specific circumstances sontnécessaires start of the biodegradation of EcoPure: these are the humiditéet heat are the specific conditions in a landfill if Althoughthe unless you wade into a landfill during desheures browsing, and that for 20 years, you should have no problem!

How long does it take to biodegrade?

20 years will be needed to décompositionde our plastic, EVA and rubber in the landfill. Unlike àquelques materials, EcoPure allows the biodegradation of the material in unenvironnement aerobic or anaerobic, no matter how deep Dechamp your shoes end up in the landfill, your outer soles serontdécomposées in 20 years.

Or simply use EcoPure?

We use our EcoPure àchaussures Jocks, outer soles and midsoles of our tongset in outer soles and midsoles of our sneakers ecoSNEAKSde our collection BIO-D.

How much time is necessary for the biodegradation of the rest of the shoe?

As for aging in real life, the time required for biodegradation of the shoe depends on where it is.