Sway x Ales Grey
Functional, sustainably certified footwear meets home compostable, seaweed-based packaging.
Footwear designed for decades ahead.
Packaging that disappears within weeks.
Ales Grey
Ales Grey sets a new standard of quality, value, and positive change in the footwear industry, all while underlining the importance of purpose.
THE SHOE
→ Designed for decades ahead
→ Recycled, recyclable, and biobased
→ Functional and lightweight
→ Supremely comfortable
Sway
Sway creates next-generation packaging from seaweed, designed to decompose naturally and rapidly in both home and industrial compost.
THE PACKAGE
→ Made from seaweed and plants
→ Home & industrially compostable
→ Replenishes social & ecological systems
→ 100% plastic-free & nontoxic
Sway
Sway creates next-generation packaging from seaweed, designed to decompose naturally and rapidly in both home and industrial compost.
Sway
Sway creates next-generation packaging from seaweed, designed to decompose naturally and rapidly in both home and industrial compost.
THE PACKAGE
→ Designed to disappear
→ Made from seaweed and plants
→ Home & industrially compostable
→ 100% plastic-free & nontoxic
Sway
Sway creates next-generation packaging from seaweed, designed to decompose naturally and rapidly in both home and industrial compost.
THE PACKAGE
→ Designed to disappear
→ Made from seaweed and plants
→ Home & industrially compostable
→ 100% plastic-free & nontoxic
Sway
Sway creates next-generation packaging from seaweed, designed to decompose naturally and rapidly in both home and industrial compost.
THE PACKAGE
→ Designed to disappear
→ Made from seaweed and plants
→ Home & industrially compostable
→ 100% plastic-free & nontoxic
HOW DO I DISPOSE
OF SWAY PACKAGING?
Composting is the way to go! Throw it in your home compost, green bin, or any other compost method available.
HOW LONG DOES IT
TAKE TO DECOMPOSE?
1-2 months in home compost, or <48 days in industrial facilities. Faster than a corn cob, slower than a banana peel.
WHAT IF I DON'T HAVE
ACCESS TO COMPOST?
If no composting options exist, you can dispose of the bag in the trash. Sway packaging is not recyclable.
HOW DO I START
COMPOSTING?
You can begin composting in your backyard, through your city program, or through a local private service. The planet thanks you!
Why does this matter?
160k
plastic bags are produced every second
99%
of plastic is made from fossil fuels
40%
of all plastic created is packaging
97%
of all plastic bags end up in landfill or nature
8M
metric tons of plastic enter the ocean each year
Feedback from ALES GREY
"Sway’s seaweed-based packaging is a huge step forward for sustainability in the footwear and fashion industries. ALES GREY's mission of a 0% plastic future is what drives us, and we are thrilled to be able to work with Sway’s plastic-free packaging. At scale, this solution will allow brands to eliminate single-use plastics from their supply chains and embrace biobased materials that better the planet."
- STEVE PATINO, FOUNDER
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