Earth Month - Upcycled Straps and Scraps
Meet BÉR, our newest addition to the BERtrand family. He is a Black Labrador Retriever that just turned 1, and I am excited to share how Bér inspired a small...
Shu's Notebook — Zero-Waste Living
Aplat’s Circular Process
After locking down our zero-waste design management in production, we are working on other aspects of our circular economy business model. It comes back to making choices - these choices...
The Math Behind It
Math is an integral part of yielding zero waste. So we do a lot of math, fueled by a lot of passion. Here’s a glossary of our most commonly used...
Bag-to-School with Aplat
Summer adventures and day camps for the kids are coming to an end—and now it’s time to get them ready for school again. The other day while packing their lunches...
Favorite Outdoor Tips For Responsible Summer Adventuring
Earth Day in April. Bike-to-Work Day in May. World Oceans and World Environment Day in June. And soon Plastic Free July. All wonderful reminders that we need to continue honoring,...
Aplat and the French Connection
In my previous notebook I shared how I transitioned from a 20 year industrial design career to mompreneur pursuing my bag dream full-time. It took almost a year to ideate...
3/14 is Pi Day!
We love pi and pies! π is an irrational number that continues infinitely, and it lends us infinite possibilities throughout our Zero Waste Design™ process. To eliminate scraps in...
‘Tis the Season of Giving
The Aplat Holiday Gift Guides ‘Tis the season of giving and to kick off December, I’m sharing many of my favorite items that I use at home and will be...
Plat Around Town
Saving the Planet. One Paper Bag and Box at a Time. I design and manufacture with zero waste, people and the planet in mind. At the same time, I think...
Celebrate Zero-Waste in October
We design with zero waste in mind. Introducing Aplat Celebration Pennants - triangle and square off-cuts from our couvre-plat line. Our first batch of limited quantity hand-sewn pennants are exclusively available...
Aplat Zero Waste Design for a Plastic and Elastic Free Kitchen
From day one I wanted Aplat to be a company that cared about people and the planet and how we design and manufacture products - with zero waste of material...
Zero Waste Design and Manufacturing
We design with empathy As an industrial designer by training, I design differently because I care about the impact Aplat products have on the environment, and for the people who sew them. My frugal mindset...
Earth Month 1% For The Planet
April is Earth Month As founder of Aplat Inc. I am committed to working, producing, consuming and living for the planet. It’s a mindset and I’ve got to start somewhere....
New Year, New Chances, New Friends
Resolve to Go Zero Waste With the new year comes new opportunities to go zero waste. As ardent believers in waste reduction, we reuse as much as we can at...