City of St. Louis Department of Streets Refuse Division Recycling Program

The City of St. Louis offers this list of apparel and accessories retailers, which is not inclusive, to help citizens buy recycled. The City does not endorse any of these businesses or services. Space does not allow us to include all stores and products that may be applicable to this list. The variety and availability of these products in stores may change at anytime.

act2 GreenSmart
Web: http://www.act2greensmart.com
E-Mail: info@act2greensmart.com
Grass Valley, California
Products made from recycled materials include:

• Laptop jackets or sleeves made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic #1/P.E.T./polyethylene terephthalate (e.g., soda bottles).

  anti-factory
  Web: http://www.anti-factory.com
  Products made from recycled materials include:

• Handmade clothing sewn from vintage, recycled wool, angora, cashmere, jersey, and other fibers

  Atticdwellers
  Web: http://www.atticdwellers.com
  Products made from reused materials include:

• Handmade jewelry (e.g., bracelets, earrings, necklaces) and accessories (e.g., purses) made from vintage bottles caps, as well as recovered bike tire inner tubes, cereal boxes, and cardboard.

  baabaaZuzu
  Web: http://www.baabaazuzu.com
  Email: info@baabaazuzu.com
  Phone: 231.256.7176
  Address: 1006 South Sawmill Road, Lake Leelanau, Michigan 49653
  Products made with reused wool include:

• jackets, vests, scarves, hats, mittens, Christmas stockings, etc.

  Bead for Life
  Web: http://www.beadforlife.org
  Phone: 303.554.5901
  Address: 1143 Portland Place, Ste. 1, Boulder, Colorado 80304

• Help eradicate poverty by supporting the production of handmade jewelry (e.g., necklaces, bracelets, anklets). The beads are crafted from paper, such as calendars or magazines. The beaders are Ugandan women victimized by HIV/AIDS or war.

  Betty Belts
  Web: http://www.bettybelts.com
  Phone: 805.648.6997
  12 North Fir Street, Ventura, California 93001

• Some of their products are made with post-consumer glass (e.g., Jeanette bracelet, earrings, and necklace; Kalia earrings and lariat).

  Blackspot Shoes
  Web: https://secure.adbusters.org/orders/shoes
  Email: info@adbusters.org
  Phone: 604.736.9401
  Address: 1243 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6H 1B7 Canada

• The Unswoosher model has soles made from "...used/worn tyres that are no longer usable on motor cars. There is still tread on them...The rubber is of a high grade...They are shaved down to a uniform sole thickness..the soles are hard-wearing..."

  Deborah Lindquist
  Web: http://www.deborahlindquist.com
  Email: info@deborahlindquist.com

• Some of Ms. Lindquist's intriguing and playful designs incorporate previously worn fabrics, including cashmere, lace, and silk.

  Earthchic LLC
  Web: http://www.earthchic.com
  Phone: 800.590.6165 or 251.433.4662
  Address: 1157 Church Street, Mobile, Alabama 36604

• Tote bags made of 100% post-consumer plastic.

  English Retreads, Inc.
  Web: http://www.englishretreads.com
  Email: info@EnglishRetreads.com
  Phone: 303.258.1625
  Address: Post Office Box 1625, Nederland, Colorado 80466
  Products made with reused rubber content include:

• Backpacks, belts, book bags, purses, totes
  Environmentally Friendly Operation: Online ordering available via website.

  Escama Studio
  Web: http://escamastudio.com/products
  Products made with 100% post-consumer reused aluminum pull-tabs:

• cosmetic bags, clutches, shoulder bags (crafted by women artist cooperatives in economically depressed areas of Brazil)

  Fisher Henney Naturals
  Web: http://www.fhnaturals.com
  Phone: 800.3 HENNEY
  Address: Post Office Box 1745, Brentwood, California 94513
  Products made with recycled plastic content include:

• Ecospun robes

  Freitag
  Web: http://www.freitag.ch
  Products made from post-consumer recycled truck tarpaulins, bicycle inner tubes, and car seat belts include messenger bags.
  Available locally at:
  UMA
  Web: http://www.iloveuma.com
  Email: mike@iloveuma.com
  Phone: 314.241.9990 Fax: 314.241.9993
  1100 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63101

  greenKarat
  Web: http://www.greenkarat.com
  Phone: 800.330.4605
  Products made with recycled gold and platinum include:

• Wedding bands and jewelry

  Greenweave Environmental Apparel
  Web: http://www.greenweave.com
  Email: sales@GREENWEAVE.com or info@GREENWEAVE.com
  Phone: 800.838.3677 or 864.284.9527
  Address: 737 Crestmont Way, Greenville, South Carolina 29615
  Products made with recycled content include:

• Polos, t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, bags, henleys, turtlenecks, fleece, dress shirts, earth day shirts
  Environmentally Friendly Operation:
• All Greenweave fabrics are made from 100% reclaimed cotton, 100% Fortrel Ecospun, or a blend of 50% reclaimed cotton and 50% Fortrel Ecospun fiber.
• Online ordering available via website COMING SOON!

  Hero Bags
  Web: http://www.herobags.com
  Email: susanne@herobags.com
  Phone: 415.641.4135
  Address: 4077 26th Street, San Francisco, California 94131

• Tote bags made with 20% post-consumer plastic.

  
  Home Eco
  Web: http://www.home-eco.com
  Email: info@home-eco.com
  Phone: 314.351.2000 Fax: 314.351.2003
  Address: 4611 Macklind Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63109
  They sell messenger bags and purses made with post-consumer recycled tire rubber, and socks made with post-consumer recycled plastic.

  Indigo Arts
  Web: http://www.indigoarts.com/store_frame.html
  Email: indigofamily@indigoarts.com
  Phone: 888.INDIART or 215.922.4041
  Fax: 215.922.0895
  Address: 151 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106

• Purses made from used snack food bags.

  Junk Mail Jems
  Web: http://www.junkmailgems.com/index.html
  Email: Gretchen@junkmailgems.com
  Products made from recycled junk mail and other materials include:

• Jewelry and accessories

  Kwytza Kraft
  Website: http://www.chopstickart.com
  Phone: 916.760.4188
  Address: 1430 Willamette Street #53, Eugene, Oregon 97401

• Hand bags and necklaces "...made from some of the billions of single use chopsticks that are discarded every year."

  Le album
  Web: http://www.lealbum.com/home
  Products made with reused vinyl records include:

• Handbags and totes

  Leber Jeweler Inc.
  Web: http://www.leberjeweler.com/index.php3
  Email: info@LeberJeweler.com
  Phone: 708.246.1455
  Address: 907 Burlington Avenue, Western Springs, Illinois 60558-1515
  Products made from gold and platinum reclaimed from old jewelry and electronics include:

• Their "Earthwise Jewelry" Collection

  Lenore Collection
  Web: http://www.lenorecollection.com/index.htm
  Email: info@LenoreCollection.com
  Products made from recycled materials include:

• Handbags "intricately hand woven using recycled newspapers, magazines, telephone directories, posters, and other paper products

  Little Earth Productions, Inc.
  Web: http://www.littlearth.com
  Email: info@littlearth.com
  Phone: 800.545.3754 or 412.471.0909
  Address: 2231 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
  Products made with reused metal or rubber content include:

• Address book, belts, brushes, CD holder, journals, key hooks and rings, photo album, purses, scrapbooks, wallets.
  Environmentally Friendly Operation: Online ordering available via website.

  Monsoon Vermont
  Web: http://www.monsoonvt.com
  Email: admin@monsoonvermont.com
  Phone: 888.986.6676
  Address: 3849 Main Street, Jamaica, Vermont 05343
  Products made with reused and recycled materials include:

• Wastebaskets, slippers, messenger bags, laptop bags, tote bags, makeup bags, pencil cases, wallets, shower curtains, umbrellas, etc.

  Newspaper Jewelry
  Web: http://www.newspaperjewelry.com
  Products made with recycled materials include:

• Bracelets, brooches, cufflinks, earrings, and neckpieces made from recycled newspapers

  One World Projects West African Jewelry
  Web: http://www.oneworldprojects.com/products/west-african-jewelry.shtml
  Email: sales@oneworldprojects.com
  Phone: 585.343.4490
  Address: 43 Ellicott Avenue, Batavia, New York 14020
  Products made with recycled glass and plastic include:

• A variety of jewelry made by women in West Africa.

  Passchal
  Web: http://www.passchal.com
  Email: info@passchal.com
  Phone: 888.618.8619 or 804.275.3610
  Address: 6630 Hopkins Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234
  Products made from reused truck and tractor tire inner tubes include:

• A variety of handbags.

  Patagonia, Inc.
  Web: http://www.patagonia.com
  Phone: 800.638.6464
  Address: 8550 White Fir Street, Post office Box 32050, Reno, Nevada 89523-2050
  Products made with post-consumer recycled plastic include:

• Fleece vests and pullovers, baby clothes, jeans, jackets, hats, running shorts.
  Common Threads Garment Recycling:
• Launched program through which customers can return worn out garments to be recycled.
  Environmentally Friendly Operation:
• Online ordering available via website.
  Enviro Action:
• Wild Salmon Campaign.
• Environmental Grants Program.
• Green Buildings (i.e., renewable energy; energy and water efficient; reused, recycled, and sustainable building materials).
• Environmental Internships for employees.
• Co-founded The Conservation Alliance to encourage other companies in the outdoor industry to give money to environmental organizations and to become more involved in environmental work. o Pledges 1% of sales to the preservation and restoration of the natural environment.

  Porterhouse Crafts
  Web: http://www.porterhousecrafts.com/catalog/jewelry/brian-bentley-recycled.htm
  Products made with recycled content include:

• Jewelry made from recycled flatware

  ReBagz
  Web: http://store.halftheskydesigns.com/servlet/StoreFront
  Email: sales@halftheskydesigns.com
  Phone: 818.907.8695
  Address: Sherman Oaks, California
  Products made from reused materials include:

• Post-consumer juice paks that are fashioned into baby bags, backpacks, book bags, business card holders, carrying bags, cell sitters, clutches, coin purses, cosmetic bags, messenger bags, shoulder bags, sport pouches, totes, and wallets.
  Available locally at:
  Saint Louis Zoo
  Web: http://www.stlzoo.org/supportthezoo/zoomerchandise/shopatthezoo.htm
  Email: gsinfo@stlzoo.org
  Phone: 314.781.0900
  Address: One Government Drive, St. Louis, MO 63110

  Rebound Designs
  Web: http://www.rebound-designs.com
  Email: caitlin@rebound-designs.com
  Products made from recycled materials include:

• Hand crafted purses made from hardback books.

  Reusable Bags
  Web: http://www.reusablebags.com
  Address: 116 West Illinois Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610
  Products made from recycled materials include:

• Coin purses and bags (gift, grocery, lunch, messenger, tote) made from used juice containers. Backpacks; lunch, messenger, and tote bags made with up to 98% post-consumer plastic.

  Salvation Sacks
  Web: http://www.salvationsacks.com
  Email: info@SalvationSacks.com
  Phone: 858.581.0988
  Products made from salvaged, vintage, and recycled materials include:

• Individually designed handbags

  Simple Shoes
  Web: http://www.simpleshoes.com
  Email: info@simpleshoes.com
  Phone: 866.896.3708
  Santa Barbara, California
  Products made with recycled content include:

• Shoes.
  Environmentally Friendly Operation:
• Reused car tire outsoles on nubby cotton uppers, 100% post-consumer paper pulp foot forms, recycled rubber eyelet guards, recycled P.E.T. (polyethylene terephthalate aka plastic #1) pedbeds.
• Packaging: Reduced stuffing, 100% post-consumer recycled paper boxes.
• Online ordering available via website. Their website also includes a Store Locator to help you shop in the St. Louis area (e.g., Alpine Shop, Famous Brand Shoes, Laurie's Shoes, REI).

  Splaff Flopps
  Web: http://www.splaff.com
  Email: splaffinfo@yahoo.com
  Phone: 619.221.9199
  Address: Post Office Box 7064, San Diego, California 92167-0604
  Products made with recycled content include:

• Flip flops, sandals, purses, handbags, messenger bags, belts, mirrors, coffee tables
  Environmentally Friendly Operation:
• Soles made with recycled car tires, straps made with used bicycle inner tubes, footbed covering and strap linings made with hemp fabric, and mid sole made with regupol (a cushioned material made from used tires which have been chipped and pressed into mats). Produced in a 100% waste free process in which all left over materials are either reused or recycled.
• Online ordering available via website.

  Spokemon
  Web: http://www.spokemonbracelet.com
  Phone: 866.88.SPOKE (866.887.7653) or 303.362.0656
  Address: 12478 West 84th Drive, Arvada, Colorado 80005
  Products made with recycled content include:

• bracelets, key chains, and belts made from reclaim bike parts.

  Teva
  Web: http://www.teva.com
  Email: customerservice@tevasandals.com
  Phone: 800.367.8382
  Fax: 928.779.6004
  Environmentally Friendly Operation:

• Some of their shoes are made with post-consumer recycled PET canvas liners, uppers, sockliner covers, and/or footbeds; and/or up to 50% post-consumer recycled rubber outsoles.
• Online ordering available via website.

  Vulcana
  Web: http://www.vulcanabags.com
  Email: info@VulcanaBags.com
  Products sold at:
  Boutique Chartreuse
  Web: http://www.boutiquechartreuse.com
  Phone: 314.458.2410
  7298 Manchester Road, Maplewood, Missouri 63143
  Products made from recycled rubber include:

• Jewelry, coasters, key chains, shaving kits, wallets, binders, portfolios, backpacks, evening bags, totes, messenger bags, etc.

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