Case study · Agriculture · Argentina

What stored the harvest now carries a new purpose.

A silobag protects a harvest for one season. Recovered from the edge of the field, more than 11,674 m² returned as eight everyday products that still carry the story of the land they came from.

11,674 m²Silobag rescued

8Product types

8People in the process

1Surface you can draw on

01 · Challenge

The largest plastic surface in Argentine agriculture has one season of use.

A silobag stores grain hermetically for a single campaign. Afterwards it is a vast sheet of technical polyethylene, on the ground, at the edge of the field, far from any recycling infrastructure.

It is not a difficult material. It is a distant one, and its size is exactly what makes it worth recovering.

IpesaSilo is a leading global brand of silo bags for the hermetic storage of grains and forage, manufactured in Argentina.

02 · Strategy

Design for the surface, not just for the material.

IpesaSilo invested in transforming the material rather than paying for its disposal, putting the budget into craftsmanship, durability and a product with genuine material value.

01 · RECOVER

Rescue before the field burns it

More than 11,674 m² recovered that would otherwise have ended up in landfill.

02 · REDESIGN

Eight products from one sheet

Backpacks, tote bags, lunchboxes, eco bags, pouches, notebook sleeves, sling bags and duffle bags.

03 · REPORT

It is not just about metrics

It is about changing the story of the material and the people behind it: a surface that protected a harvest, now open to drawing, art and personalisation, and ready to be redesigned again.

03 · Process

From the edge of the field to eight products.

It is not about hiding the material or recycling it until it becomes unrecognisable. The material is the value. With creativity, innovation and a trained eye, what others see as waste can be recognised for what it still has to offer, then redesigned around a new purpose without losing the story of where it came from.

Cutting silobags at the workshop — IpesaSilo

Sewing at the social workshop — IpesaSilo

Backpack pieces cut from silobag — IpesaSilo

04 · Evidence

Making Impact Traceable, Transparent & Verifiable.

More than 11,674 m² of silobags rescued and transformed into eight product types.

The figures in this case are checked and the record is managed by REZET Hub.

Reached where nothing else reaches

More than 11,674 m² collected at the edge of the field, far from any recycling infrastructure — the distance, not the plastic, is what makes this material hard.

Surface established at intake

Recorded before cutting, because a sheet this size is the easiest thing in the chain to over-claim.

A surface, not just a material

Silobag is waterproof, tear-resistant and blank. Eight product types are specified around that, and the surface stays open to drawing, art and brand intervention afterwards.

Eight products, one origin

Every item reconciles back to the recorded intake, so scale can be reported as evidence rather than as an impressive number with nothing behind it.

Behind each of these figures there are families. The people who cut and sew in these workshops are not a line in our metrics: they are heads of family who have come through hard circumstances, and paid, skilled work is what lets them be the ones who provide.

05 · Outcome

From the edge of the field to eight everyday products.

More than 11,674 m² of silobags were rescued and upcycled. What makes silobag products distinct is not only their durability: the surface can be drawn on, intervened and personalised, and then redesigned again. Made by 8 people in social impact workshops.

Why repurpose

If you are going to spend money, spend it well.

Be smart about where you put your budget. Instead of buying the same merch everyone replicates, invest in merch with a true impact story.
And instead of taking the easy, often costly route of recycling by destroying the material, repurpose it. Preserve its value. Give it a second chance.