Toile Ocean – the first book cloth made from ocean plastic

Green Solutions

Winter & Company has launched Toile Ocean – the first book cloth woven from recycled ocean plastic.

Sustainability is a major concern for the family run company, now in its fourth generation. Toile Ocean is produced in collaboration with tide ocean SA (#tide), based in Basel Switzerland. Both companies are set to do their part in cleaning up our waters and at the same time, revolutionise the book market. A perfectly bound book has just become more than simply a good story!

Everywhere, the world’s oceans are threatened by plastic. To support clean up solutions, Winter & Company partnered with #tide to develop the new cover material woven from plastic recovered from the ocean. #tide collects plastic waste that is endangering the world’s seas and oceans. Back in Switzerland, the waste is turned into granules which are further processed into yarn. With the support of Winter & Company’s knowledge of woven materials, the new book cloth Toile Ocean was designed.

For every metre of Toile Ocean sold, 1% of the turnover is donated to clean water projects. One square metre of Toile Ocean contains 5.2 PET bottles from the ocean (measured against a 0.5 litre bottle).

Toile Ocean’s strength and durability offers numerous application possibilities, especially for book covers and menu cards. The cover material can also be used for hang tags, packaging, shopping bags and stationery items. Available from stock in six colours worldwide.

To find out more and to order samples please visit website www.winter-company.com