Is our waste worth gold? At a time of recycling, the circular economy and initiatives that are as virtuous as they are good for the planet, shells are among the resources that need to be recovered. Long good for the dustbin, our shellfish waste now aspires to a...

After the holidays, what to do with your empty seafood shells? Several companies have the solution: give them a new life. Ovive, Soôruz, Biom or Friendly Frenchy offer them a new life.

When I joined the team of truck drivers, the idea of nicknaming myself "The Driver" came to me quite quickly. Beyond having many licences, I have always been, more generally speaking, attracted by everything that rolls, slides or flies! Like a child, as soon as I'm...

In Friendly Frenchy, there is "friendly" and "frenchy". Friendly as eco-friendly because the brand tries to limit its environmental impact through eco-designed creations. Frenchy for French manufacturing, which allows to preserve the country's know-how and produce...

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Shell glasses from Friendly Frenchy They wanted to create an innovative and eco-responsible product... Laurent Pezé and Sandrine Guyot launched Friendly Frenchy, their brand of shell glasses. A new concept where aesthetics meets ecology and which has just been...

More than 250,000 tonnes of shellfish are produced in France every year. Based on this observation, the Friendly Frenchy brand has set itself a challenge: to transform these shells into sunglasses by 2016.After 3 years of R&D, Sandrine Guyot and Laurent Pezé, the...

Oysters, scallops, mussels, clams... Friendly Frenchy, a company based in Auray (Morbihan) since this summer, designs frames made from shells, a recycled "waste".

Sunglasses in mussels? You had to think about it and Friendly Frenchy did it. Stylish creations and 100% made in France.

Gisele Bündchen at Dior, a Chanel exhibition in Tokyo, a lingerie collaboration... The imperative MadameShell glasses, the Comme des Garçons x MAC Cosmetics collaboration, the first Icicle shop in France... A look back at what the editorial team wants to share...

Initiative: glasses made from shellsTwo young entrepreneurs have decided to recycle seafood shells, which are rarely reused, to build eco-friendly glasses. https://youtu.be/LnJYIgUUQkI

Oyonnax Glasses Friendly Frenchy recovers scallop waste from Breton and Norman industrialists, has it cleaned in a workshop in Morbihan, then sends it to small company in Oyonnax (Ain), one of the strongholds of the tricolour eyewear industry. The lens with a UV...

Friendly Frenchy: seashell glassesIt is in the Plastics Vallée jurassienne that the creations, available in 18 colours, are made.You can't see it at first glance, but the frames for these glasses are made from an innovative, 100% natural material, derived...

Frames in shell, oil-free, environmentally friendly? Yes, it exists and it's brand new...