SmoothEdge is an eco-friendly, sustainable brand and stems from our love for adventure. Our goal is to inspire people to be more sustainably aware to reduce the impact of waste on the planet. We aim to do this by upcycling items, such as waste alcohol bottles, into glassware and everyday use items.
Justin and Leah first tried out methods of cutting bottles in 2016, without much success. However, through research and experimentation, they managed to improve our method and began experimenting with different bottles. In 2019, Sam and Leah created SmoothEdge and began selling on Etsy to help save some money for travelling and watersports hobbies. Once we came back from our travels in 2020, we were able to spend more time developing our technique and our brand. Sam is currently working full-time on SmoothEdge, Leah is currently studying at University, and Justin is a Director and Co-founder of a small environmental consultancy.
Taking waste products and upcycling them into something which is reusable and robust is extremely enjoyable, but its seeing the end products which is the most satisfying part – knowing that we’ve stopped this potential waste material ending up in a landfill forever (glass does not decompose, it will stay there forever and only 50% of the UK’s glass bottles and jars are actually recycled which is pretty bad).
The clothing we sell made from plastic bottles and recycled organic cotton is something new, we wanted to show further what can be done using waste products – this is our salvage range. We also have a reworked range, this is taking preloved clothes from charity shops and 2nd hand shop, reworking/repairing them where needed and reselling them. This is the most eco-friendly type of fashion, as we are not adding to the worlds huge clothing population nor are we relying on resources to produce the clothing.
