Kathrin Melchior

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317 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 7 Jul

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Handbag Designer 101: The Stories Behind Handbag Designers, Brands, and Industry Icons · From Recycled Plastic to a Global Bag Brand: How Got Bag Found Product-Market Fit | Emily Blumenthal & Kathrin Melchior · 7 Jul 2026 podcast

Oh, his name is Benny Mandos.

He's from Mainz.

He used to do something completely different before.

But he went to Indonesia and saw that there's a lot of, you know, trash uh polluting the oceans and all that.

And he came up with the idea to create a backpack that's r you know made from recycled PET.

So he started that and he made a backpack.

And what's PET?

But just clearly uh yes, sir.

Okay.

Cycled polyester, you know, that is one of the most harming plastics, I would say, especially for example Indonesia in general, harming the oceans and the coastal areas.

And polyester is a very common fabric that you also use to make backpacks, of course.

So he combined both and then made the first backpack made of recycled polyester for gut bag.

And Benny and I we actually know us privately because like, yeah, Catherine, you know.

I'm like doing this backpack.

Can you help me?

I was like, I've never done a backpack before, but what do you need?

Yeah, where can I produce this?

You know, he really you know, starting from ground.

Did you grow up with him?

No, no, actually not.

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