Hi, we are Jordan and Holly, the two founders behind Trash Planet. We met whilst on a Masters course in a tiny seaside village in Cornwall, England and dreamt up an idea to disrupt the fashion industry.

Tired of boring, bland sustainable brands and fast fashion companies run by billionaires promising to 'do right' by 2030, we put everything on the line to do it ourselves. Endless late nights working, researching and developing, whilst also completing a degree saw us scrap hundreds of shoe designs, brand names and logos.

We finally settled on Trash Planet and here's what happened next...

Creating Trash Planet hasn't been easy. Once we got our name, we packed up our lives, packed our car and set out on a journey that was quite literally, all or nothing. It wasn't comfortable, it was 3AM on a cold, wet January morning and we were driving our 20 year old car, which we bought for £200 from a yard to the ferry port so we could get to France. We had packed everything we could fit into it - we couldn't even move, but that was it: we were doing it. We were going to drive over 2,400 kilometres through France, Spain and Portugal in two days.

Considering it was our first time driving abroad - and on the opposite side of the road - we don't think we did too badly. Dropping everything and moving to Portugal perfectly encapsulates our mission for Trash Planet; to be bold, adventurous and a little bit rebellious!

We set out to make one of the most sustainable sneakers on the planet without sacrificing on style or durability but it doesn't end there. We don't rest. There is no full stop. We are constantly pushing and innovating,

Behind the scenes, we are making progress on creating a 100% recycled sneaker. We have made it our mission to keep on developing and evolving our materials as well as our designs to keep on making some of the most sustainable and fashion-forward sneakers ever.