Civic Duty is what you can call the company responsible for the refurbishing and transforming tyvek into a shoe. Civic duty prides themselves being a socially minded footwear company creating a leisure shoe in a way that it can still maintain an attractive appearance with comfort while still having a minimalistic impact on our environment.

 Tyvek is used mostly by delivering companies and more specifically for envelopes. “This material is lightweight, waterproof, recyclable, and near-indestructible.”   Steven Weinreb founder of Civic Duty, took a closer look at the material’s properties which was transformed into a sleek sneaker.  “Conspire to inspire” is how Civic Duty runs the business, each year an exclusive sneaker is designed to later be donated, using its 100% profits to go toward a charity. 

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