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A discarded leather sofa. A worn armchair with a large tear in the cushion.
Every week, both private individuals and companies drop off discarded leather furniture at ARGO's recycling centres. But instead of recycling or incinerating the furniture, for the past two months ARGO has been working with Roskilde company BAKANO to upcycle the furniture into unique new bags, wallets, caps and key rings.
At ARGO's recycling centre in Roskilde , flexible worker Marianne Nielsen has spent two months spotting usable skins and leather on discarded furniture, splitting them up and collecting the leather for BAKANO.
In two months, it has turned into approximately 35 kilos of leather.
- The leather we have received is of very high quality and is now used in our production of, among other things, new bags, says BAKANO communications officer Astrid Ågot Nielsen.
ARGO and BAKANO's initial two-month collaboration is to investigate whether there is enough quality discarded skins and leather to form a permanent partnership to sell leather from ARGO's recycling centres.
- We are constantly working to find new ways to recycle. Leather is an amazing material that shouldn't just be thrown away because no one wants to own the sofa it sits on anymore. That's why I'm really happy that we can now work with BAKANO to extend the life of some of the leather and skins we receive," says ARGO's Section Manager for Direct Reuse, Ditte Titskov.
The approximately 35 kilos of leather that ARGO has delivered to BAKANO is now being sorted into colors and sewn into new unique bags. This is happening in BAKANO's own workshop in Roskilde.
- We are experiencing an increasing demand for bags made from old furniture, so we very much hope that together with ARGO we can use the good results from the past two months to see if we can scale the collaboration, says BAKANO communications officer Astrid Ågot Nielsen.