Learn More About Us
Waywalk was founded with a mission - to create the most comfortable, lightweight and sustainable footwear that is eco-friendly and responsible.
With a focus on creating a positive impact on both the world and the people around us, we created a line of fashion-forward footwear with exceptional quality at a fair price.
Scroll down to learn more about how we are achieving our mission.
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Our Materials
Waywalk shoes are created with recycled marine plastic that are responsibly sourced from certified parterns, packaged with post-consumer recycled cardboard.
TecKnit
Before we dig into the knitting method, here is the quick answer to a most frequently asked question - How are plastics turned into threads?
Here is an abbreviated version:
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1. To begin, certified partners we collaborate with recycle discarded PET bottles from the ocean.
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2. Then, factory purifies the bottles before cutting machine chip the plastic into flakes, which are extruded later into threads.
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3. Lastly, factory loads the fabric
into our high-tech 3D knitting
machine that contains our custom
design method and algorithm.
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Safe, ethical, & sustainable factories
All of our factories are WRAP, Fair Trade or SA8000 certified, which means they meet certain environmental practices and pay their workers a living wage according to the Global Living Wage Standard.
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