Your Mono[PA6] Backpack has reached the end of its life? You have an F385 CIRC-CASE you can no longer use? A job for our take-back service: we take back your worn-out companions and ensure they are returned to the cycle.

From the water-repellent primary material to the zippers, cords and buckles, the FREITAG Mono[PA6] Backpack is made from a single material: polyamide 6, PA6 for short, better known as nylon. Thanks to being a mono-material, it can be easily recycled as a whole at the end of its life without the need for time-consuming dismantling. We take back used Mono[PA6] Backpacks, collect them, and then send them to our recycling partner. There, they are shredded and processed into PA6 granulate, which can be used to make new things, such as backpack components.

If you want to return your Mono[PA6] Backpack because it has a defect, please go this way to Returns. This page is exclusively for returning discarded items to the cycle.

CIRC-CASES are made of recycled thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU-R) sourced from old ski boots. Like the ski boots, the discarded CIRC-CASES are also shredded in Davos, Switzerland. Another batch of granulate is extruded from these and used to make CIRC-CASES or some other product.

If you want to send your CIRC-CASE back because it doesn't fit or you ordered the wrong one, go this way to Returns. This page is reserved exclusively for getting discarded items back into the cycle.

To ensure that the process of getting things back into the cycle leaves as small a footprint as possible, you have several options:

• Take your old CIRC-CASE with you next time you go to a FREITAG store and hand it over to the crew. We’ll then make sure it gets back to Davos, Switzerland.
• Alternatively, you can post it to the nearest FREITAG store with a note asking us to «Take this back».
• If you live in Switzerland, send it to us directly at: FREITAG Store Davos, Promenade 131, 7260 Davos.
• Are you unhappy with the above options? If so, simply fill out this form, and we’ll find a solution for you.

PS: If you think sending a single backpack or a small phone sleeve back to Davos from Asia – even as part of a bulk shipment – isn’t exactly the best form of circularity, you are, of course, right. Which is why we’re working to find a solution that’s closer to home for a wide range of situations.