Upcycled. Local.

Smooth Edge is made up of Sam, Leah & Justin - a small tribe of people rescuing unnecessary waste. They may be a small tribe, but they're on a big mission... A mission bigger than the mountains of bottles piling up in landfills. Their mission is all about improving the circular economy, by upcycling and reducing the amount of bottles in landfills. Before lockdown they played about with upcycling bottles, creating SmoothEdge to help save a little travel money. They always flirted with the idea of creating a sustainable business... then lockdown hit, which meant they had time to focus on upcycling. This is when they learnt, that despite bottles being recyclable, heaps end up in landfills... quite bizarre, right? Fuelled with excitement and optimism of what they might find, they went on a hunt, diving into stinky bins and pulling out "waste" bottles. They found a bunch of bottles, some iconic, some beautifully designed and some just plain and simplistic - all of which had a high chance of heading to landfills, damage which couldn't be undone. So with Justins shed full of bottles, they started to dream of what could be. They upcycled the bottles into different types of glasses and listed them on Etsy. They started to gain interest and a few orders. The amount of surplus and waste bottles was far greater than they expected. They were also surprised to find out that bottles were being rejected BEFORE they were even used. So they left Justin's shed, and levelled up our operation. They found an actual workshop where they could make a real transformation... They started to team up with brands who had surplus and waste bottles, working in collaboration to avoid unnecessary waste and transform them into sustainable glassware.

UK - Chichester