Specs. 

Water resistant: what does it mean?

Water resistant is a term we use to describe our products that are able to withstand the effects of water, either in terms of light splashes or longer-term exposure.

Water resistant items typically have coatings or treatments applied to them to protect them from the effects of water. These treatments are designed to repel water and keep it away from the item, ensuring that it is not damaged or affected by the liquid.

We design our sling bags & accessories so that you can be caught out in the rain and not worry about your gear inside, but water-resistant material can only stand up to so much rain.

If you’re doing more hardcore stuff, like backpacking during a monsoon, or trekking the Amazon rainforest, you’ll probably want to take cover.

Waste2Wear 

• Location: Netherlands, China
• Established: 2007
• Employees: 100

Waste2Wear have been on a mission to relieve the Earth of our plastic problem since 2007, doing so by innovating products made from recycled plastics using traceable and transparent supply chains.

Their vision is simple:

To use plastic as a viable, eco-friendly and sustainable resource and offer solutions to the plastic waste problem in order to save planet Earth.

Waste2wear’s initiative began initially on land but since 2018 they also work closely with NGOs, Universities and local Chinese governments collecting ocean plastics.

Together, they created an initiative in which waste pickers and former fishermen could increase their livelihood by collecting plastic waste from the ocean, waterways and coastal areas. 

Collect supports this initiative.

Award-winning services

Blockchain

Waste2Wear's award winning blockchain is a tamper-proof supply chain traceability system using technology that records all the steps of the recycling and production process from plastic waste to product. We use this traceability system in the production of our ocean plastic fabric.

RPET Recycling Assurance Test (RA-3)

RPET Recycling Assurance Test (RA-3) is an award-winning, patent-pending testing method developed by Waste2Wear that identifies recycled plastic content in yarns and fabrics. This allows us to guarantee that our fabric is made from recycled content.

Gao Feng Bags

• Location: Shenzhen, China
• Established: 2000
• Employees: 100

With more than 20 years of experience in making premium bags and accessories, our factory is killing it. Each item in the collection is made by a team of 100 skilled workers, diligently, in their 3200 sqm workshop in Shenzhen, China. They're incredible.

Since 2000, Gao Feng backpack factory has been producing top-quality packs for a range of established contemporary brands. This factory continues to be a leader in the global backpack business, providing equipment for military, police and firefighters. Their products are built to last. 

Why do we produce in China?

The Ocean Collect Project.

The ocean fabric used in this product has stopped some of the 1.5 million tons of plastic that flow down the Yangtze River, China, per year, from ever reaching the Pacific Ocean.

In doing so, it also created jobs for the local fishermen and collectors who removed the plastic, who had previously lost their income due to environmental regulations that apply fishing bans in the Yangtze River and the surrounding sea.

The ocean fabric also reinforces local recycling infrastructures along the rivers and shorelines by intercepting waste before it arrives in the ocean, landfills, on the streets, and on river banks.

We clean up after ourselves.

By primarily supporting groundbreaking technologies that remove carbon for a minimum of 1,000 years. 

Ecommerce deliveries have a carbon footprint. That's why we support cutting-edge companies that remove carbon from the air.

Here's how it works: for every order we receive, a formula is used to calculate the estimated shipping emissions. Based on those estimates, a portion of our revenue goes to carbon removal companies that have been vetted by scientists from Carbon Direct. Those companies use that money to remove however much carbon our shipments created. Any extra funds go toward the further development of carbon removal technologies.

Let's meet a few of the companies removing carbon from the sky.

Shipping.

Free shipping on all EU & UK orders.

The shipping fee for worldwide orders is between €10-€15 (USD $12-$17), which will be shown at the checkout. Orders are shipped from our warehouse in France and dispatched within 24 hours on business days (not including French public holidays).

Shipping policy

Returns.

We offer a 60-day return policy, which means you have 60 days after receiving your order to request a return.

To start a return, visit our automated returns portal, or you can contact us at returns@collectparis.com.

Returns & refunds policy

Exchanges.

The fastest way to ensure you get what you want is to return the item you have, and once the return is accepted, make a separate purchase for the new item.

Returns & refunds policy

Refunds.

We will notify you once we’ve received and inspected your return, and let you know if the refund was approved or not. If approved, you’ll be automatically refunded on your original payment method within 10 business days. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too.

Please note that gift cards are not refunded.

Returns & refunds policy

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