The circle of it: This company is making biodegradable shoes from algae-based polyurethanes and other biodegradable materials.
Blueview footwear
Summary
BlueView Footwear produces biodegradable shoes that will breakdown in a compostable environment in about 6 months, in contrast to traditional sneakers or other footwear that take about 300 years to decompose. Rather than using traditional plastics like conventional shoes, Blueview utilizes Soleic TM technology, created by Algenesis, and other biodegradable materials. The company also created “PlantKnit”, a fully biodegradable machine knitter shoe upper made from hemp, cotton, jute and Tencel.
Story
Co-founders Dr. Stephen Mayfield and Tom Cooke combined their expertise in biofuels and footwear respectively with their shared passion and love for surfing and the environment to create this company. While Mayfield also founded Algenesis that forms the basis of the biodegradable polyurethane in the shoe, Cooke comes from a background in Footwear having worked at Reef for over 7 years.
Pic Credit: Texfash (right and top)
“People fall in love with brands for the good they do in the world, whatever form that might take. Combining these two ideas is powerful, we call it the green bundle. Our unique contribution is next generation bio-based and biodegradable material technologies that are high quality and durable.“
Tom Cooke in an interview
Founder(s)
Dr. Stephen Mayfield and Tom Cooke
Headquarters
San Diego, CA
In business since
2020
Business type
for profit
Impact
Technology
biodegradable polyurethane, biodegradable shoe knit technology, creating a biodegradable consumer product
Material
biodegradable polyurethanes, cotton, jute, hemp
Website
The Circular People 
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