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July 01, 2021 03:44 PM

Vaude launches ReCycle bike pannier range

Karen Laird
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    VAUDE

    The ReCycle rear panel and hooks, both made from recycled materials.

    Sometimes, the name says it all. The latest family of bike panniers from outdoor equipment maker Vaude are the brand’s first - and the first on the market in general – in which all the key materials are made from recycled products. The new ReCycle panniers boast a rear panel system made from recycled material produced by Interseroh, and fastening hooks made with recycled material from APK, two recycling companies both of whom are based in Germany. The fabric of the panniers produced by Vaude has long been made from recycled material, the company said. Vaude aims to manufacture most products from organically-based or recycled materials by 2024, according to Antje von Dewitz, managing director of Vaude. Using renewably-sourced and recycled materials significantly reduces CO2 emission levels during their production and upholds the principle of the circular economy.

    The fact that it is now possible to produce a rear panel system from recycled materials is a ‘key innovation’, said Clément Affholder, Project Manager Innovation at Vaude. A light and permanently stable attachment of the pannier to the luggage rack is essential, which means any plastic material must be designed with care to meet these special requirements.

    The new panel system is made of 100 percent Procyclen – a recycled plastic produced by Interseroh according to strict quality standards is based on the post-consumer waste disposed of in Germany’s yellow bins or yellow bags, mainly lightweight packaging trash. The material is a purpose-designed polypropylene recompound that offers a particularly long-term impact strength in the extremely low and high temperature range, and guaranteed UV and surface scratch resistance. At the same time, an improved tensile strength ensures the geometric stability of the product. “This product is a unique, new formulation, the properties of which have never been achieved before on an industrial scale, including the modification of virgin materials,” said Manica Ulcnik-Krump, head of the Recycled-Resource Business Unit at Interseroh.

    VAUDE

    The fastening hooks, made from APK AG's Mersalen.

    For the fastening hooks, which secure the pannier to the bike, Vaude has opted for a high-performance, reinforced polyamide 6 recyclate from APK AG. The polyamide recyclate, called Mersalen, was produced using the Newcycling process, developed by APK. This physical, solvent-based technology takes waste derived from the PA/PE multilayer packaging film production process and transforms this into high-purity recyclates.

    For the hooks, a durable recycled material was required that could withstand high loads under strongly varying outdoor conditions. Vaude also required good colourability properties for design purposes. APK AG’s Mersalen fit the bill and in addition offered an 88% reduction of the carbon footprint versus the use of virgin polyamide.

    The panniers are a great example of the fact that ‘it is possible to recycle waste from a material stream that was not previously possible to recycle effectively using conventional technology’, said Klaus Wohnig, CEO of APK AG.

    The new pannier range will be available in stores from October 2021 onwards.

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