Recycled firehose notebook in red

It’s not often your notebook has put in more working hours than you have. But these A5 notebooks from Elvis and Kresse are made from repurposed fire hoses, and each hose will have seen up to 25 years of active duty fighting fires around the UK.

Founder Kresse (her partner James is nicknamed Elvis), was horrified when the London Fire Brigade showed her the amount of disused hoses going into landfill. The two of them experimented with ways of reusing them and their business was born. They now make luxury goods from hardworking recycled materials. 

This notebook is the equal of any leather-bound one and it’s handmade with hand-painted edges. It’s a hardback and contains 98 leaves of cream paper. 

It’s a novel idea that doesn’t look in the slightest bit gimmicky. You know what we mean - stationery from firehoses could easily be something that would demonstrate your commitment to upcycling, but not much else. This, however, stands along anything you would buy in a small boutique or a large department store. 

Elvis and Kresse also donate 50 per cent of their profits to charity. They contribute to a wide range of initiatives, but anything earned from the fire hose range goes, appropriately, to The Fire Fighters Charity. 

Notebook Dimensions: A5 Paper, height 22cm x width 16.5cm x depth 2cm