Oliver & Co (apple leather vegan wallets)

Oliver Co is a London brand, which makes luxury vegan wallets, made from ‘apple leather’, which is partly made from the waste in the apple industry (usually near Milan in Italy).

Most people have a wallet or coin purse. But previous brands tended to be made from leather or plastic. Leather is obviously made from animal skin, and is not a by-product of the meat industry. It tends to also be chemically tanned, and often made in countries with poor animal welfare.

Plastic is made from oil, and this contributes to the climate crisis and pollution, and also doesn’t biodegrade at end of use, ending up on landfills for hundreds or thousands of years.

You can donate unwanted wallets and purses to charity shops (choose smaller ones that don’t test on animals) or textile banks. If items are in good condition they are donated on. But other textiles can be kept out of landfills, as the materials are shredded to make insulation and other goods. 

These wallets therefore combine luxury with zero waste innovation. They make ideal gifts for special people in your life, and are sold in a number of designs and colours, in easy-to-recycle packaging.