{{Infobox company | name = Looptworks | founded = 2009 | founder = Scott Hamlin<br/>Gary Peck | hq_location = Portland, Oregon | area_served = United States | products = bags<br>accessories<br>clothing }}
'''Looptworks''' is a Portland, Oregon business that upcycles or re-purposes abandoned, pre-consumer and post-consumer materials into limited-edition products.<ref name="tp-waste" /><ref name="fc-upcycles" /> By re-using the world's pre-consumer excess, the U.S.-based company aims to "break the cycle of waste".<ref name="lw site-about" /><ref name="gl-cycle" /> The products created by Looptworks primarily focus on bags, accessories and clothing.<ref name="fc-upcycles" />
It is estimated that a single garment factory can create up to 60,000 pounds (27 metric tons) of textile waste, which normally goes to landfills.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120513174301/http://www.looptworks.com/blog/2011/09/entrepreneur-magazine-the-innovators/ ''Entrepreneur'' Magazine video]</ref><ref name="wm-wearable waste" /> Looptworks intends to use that waste to make new products.<ref name="wm-wearable waste" /> "Our intent is to follow the waste stream. We as western society have gone over [to Asia] and asked a lot of people to do favors for us but haven’t considered what the implications are. We have to clean up our mess", according to Scott Hamlin, Looptworks's co-founder.<ref name="wm-wearable waste" /> Looptworks intends to call attention to excess and waste, and encourage "thoughtful consumption."<ref name="wm-wearable waste" /> Looptworks's designs will change frequently, as sources of supply vary, making each design effectively a "limited edition",<ref name="tp-waste" /><ref name="fc-upcycles" /> which the company hopes adds to the attraction for some consumers.<ref name="tp-waste" /><ref name="wm-wearable waste" />
Looptworks will have a much quicker design cycle than most apparel makers with an estimated 9 weeks as opposed to 54 weeks.<ref name="wm-wearable waste" />
Looptworks has introduced "laptop sleeves" constructed from a wetsuit factory's scrap neoprene.<ref name="th-sleeves" />
According to Ariel Schwartz of ''Fast Company'': "Looptworks isn't the first company to manufacture upcycled goods-but it is the first clothing line to exclusively use textile waste that would otherwise end up in the garbage."<ref name="fc-upcycles" />
==Sponsorship== Looptworks was the official supplier and sponsor of the Cascadia official soccer team during June 2014 - May 2018.
==See also== * Upcycling * Pre consumer
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="lw site-about">{{cite web|url=http://www.looptworks.com/about.html|title=About Looptworks|work=Looptworks web site|accessdate=11 April 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100829111818/http://www.looptworks.com/about.html|archive-date=29 August 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="tp-waste">{{cite news|url=http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/09/beyond-organic-looptworks-upcycles-textile-waste-into-treasures/|title=Beyond Organic – Looptworks Upcycles Textile Waste into Treasures|last=Smith|first=Paul|date=September 4, 2009|work=Triple Pundit|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref> <ref name="wm-wearable waste">{{cite news|url=http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2009/09/wearable-waste-looptworks/|title=Wearable Waste: Looptworks Launches 100% Upcycled Activewear Line|last=Brones|first=Anna|date=September 9, 2009|work=Wend Magazine|accessdate=11 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912053940/http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2009/09/wearable-waste-looptworks/|archive-date=12 September 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="th-sleeves">{{cite news|url=http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/looptworks-laptop-sleeves|title=Upcycled Looptworks Laptop Sleeves Turn Trashed Neoprene into Cash|date=14 February 2010|work=TrendHunter Magazine|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref> <ref name="gl-cycle">{{cite web|url=http://www.thegreenloop.com/looptworks_s/595.htm|title=looptworks|work=Greenloop|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref> <ref name="fc-upcycles">{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ariel-schwartz/sustainability/looptworks-upcycles-textile-scraps-clothing?#|title=Looptworks Upcycles Textile Scraps Into Clothing|last=Schwartz|first=Ariel|date=September 2, 2009|work=Fast Company|accessdate=13 April 2010}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://looptworks.com/about/ Company site]
Category:Clothing companies of the United States Category:Recycling in the United States Category:Sportswear brands Category:Recycling industry