Forever BioCir Soles
BioCirFlex® Compostable Footwear Soles
Balena & ForEver presenting a fully circular footwear design
Shoes, especially their hard-to-dispose soles, pose a significant recycling challenge due to their complex and often non-circular material composition, often ending up in landfills, contributing to environmental pollution and waste. To address this challenge, Balena and ForEver provide a solution: BioCir®flex soles —a fully circular footwear breakthrough.
Based on Balena’s biopolymer technology BioCir®flex, these soles are highly bio-based and fully industrially compostable, boasting durability and flexibility set by the global footwear standards while minimizing environmental impact at the end-of-life.
BioCir®flex Rewrites the Sole Story
Any collaboration involving these soles aligns with the "BioSneaker" design principles created by Balena, which aim for a fully circular end-of-life for footwear. By incorporating BioCir®flex soles into products, brands have the unique opportunity to create circular and compostable shoes, contributing to a more sustainable and circular business model.
The key to the performance of BioCir®flex soles lies in the innovative use of BioCir®flex, a robust bioplastic material. This material not only meets the demands of the footwear industry but also aligns with the principles of circular design and sustainability.
The scalability of mass production ensures that BioCir®flex soles can meet the performance needs of any shoe brand while maintaining their commitment to circular goals and planet responsibility.
Industrially Compostable
Recyclable
Scalable
Biobased in range 50-85%
Performance optimal
Versatility
Durable and flexible
Reduced carbon footprint
Paving the Way for
Circular Footwear!
BioCir®Flex soles are designed to reach their end-of-life responsibly through the post-industrial and post-consumer recycling paths, as well as through biological recycling mechanism - biodegradation - in an industrial compost facility leaving no negative impact on compost quality and the environment.
Balena is working with a network of actual industrial compost facilities across the globe to ensure the full decomposition and biodegradation of soles made from BioCir®flex - back to the ground safely, and by that completing a fully circular product lifecycle.
