This Tote Has Been Places – The R Collective

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This Tote Has Been Places,
and This Is Only the Beginning

Meet this limited-edition tote created exclusively for the UBS Next Gen conference crafted using upcycled excess fabrics donated by British Airways. Our unique collaboration champions responsible design by turning complex aviation excess textiles into purposeful, fashion-forward accessories.

Click through the video to discover the journey.

From Sky to Street

We like to shoot for the stars. And this tote - made from upcycled airline excess - does just that. Here’s the backstory…

Every Stitch is a Statement

This tote carries more than just your essentials - it carries meaning. Every stitch reminds the world that waste isn’t waste until we waste it. The fashion industry discards 92 million tonnes of textiles every year.¹

Yet, this tote stands as strong proof that we can do better. By being upcycled from unwanted textiles, this is the impact that one tote creates:

The totes were crafted in partnership with Fashion Enter, a London-based social enterprise committed to sustainable manufacturing and skills training. Through its repair centre, it employs and trains people who have challenges finding employment.

Previous UBS Collaborations

We are proud of this tote collaboration with UBS, marking another successful responsible product launch that now stretches from the UK, China, Singapore, Switzerland to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and beyond.

Together, we have rescued a wide range of waste materials, from aviation excess, luxury leather and canvas waste, discarded car airbags, tent canvas, tuk-tuk canopy waste and more.

About The R Collective

We are a social impact business rescuing, reusing and recycling fashion’s waste to create responsible circular products and recycling solutions for global businesses.

^¹ ‘Pulse of the fashion industry’, Global Fashion Agenda and The Boston Consulting Group (2017)