WoW! This cheerful umbrella does not only protect you perfectly against heavy rainfall, it is also 100% sustainable! To make 1 umbrella, 5 plastic bottles are shredded into small grains. A new material is then extracted from this: RPET from which a broad variety of products can be made, like this umbrella. With the purchase of this product you support Plastic Bank®: A social enterprise, headquartered in Canada, which aims to clean up plastic waste from our oceans while providing valuable opportunities for impoverished communities. Plastic Bank® offers residents of Haiti, the Philippines, Indonesia and other regions cash or vouchers in exchange for the waste they collect, which then goes on to be recycled into products. The brand is known as Social Plastic®.