1. Rescue cotton scraps
When cotton is cut for clothing, scraps are usually discarded or burned outside the factory. Rewrite collects those scraps and reprocesses them into paper.
Our story
Good notebooks. Better for the planet.
Rewrite journals and sketchbooks are made to write in — heavy archival pages, banana leather covers, and cotton rescued from garment-industry waste instead of pulp from trees.
Journals worth filling
The paper is the point: super-heavy, rich, and textured — a joy to write and draw on. Covers are banana leather made from reclaimed stalk fiber with wool and cotton scraps. Built for everyday use, not throwaway pages.
Practical and beautiful
- Refillable covers
- Travel and home sizes
- Lined, unlined, and dot-grid
- 112 pages
- Lie-flat binding
- Snap closure, ribbon bookmark, and inside envelope
Extra-heavy archival paper
- Super-heavy 300 GSM handmade paper
- Unbleached off-white cotton fiber
- Resists smudging
- Naturally archival, acid-free
- Performs beautifully with pencil, charcoal, ink, and most color media
Materials that undo damage
Every notebook keeps cotton scraps out of landfills and burn pits — and skips the tree pulp most journals are made from.
- Banana leather covers from reclaimed, naturally shed banana stalks with wool and cotton scraps
- Pages made from rescued cotton scraps from the garment industry
- Naturally plastic-free
- Cover colors from natural dyes
Rewrite notebooks rescue cotton scraps from landfills
Millions of tons of cotton fabric scraps from the garment industry end up in landfills and burn pits.
- 92 million tons of textile waste are produced annually¹
- 35% of raw materials are discarded during manufacturing¹
¹ Pulse of the Fashion Industry 2017, Global Fashion Agenda
Three t-shirts worth of cotton equals one Rewrite notebook
Each travel-sized Rewrite notebook keeps almost 1 pound of cotton scraps from going to a landfill or burn pit — nearly three tee-shirts worth of cotton per book.
Our process
2. Pulping & deckling
Scraps are shredded into pulp, then gathered, cast, pressed, and hung to dry into sheets.
3. Sorting, cutting & binding
Sheets and covers are inspected; imperfect material is recycled again. Quality papers are bound into journals and sketchbooks.
Certified good for the planet
Our workshop is inspected and verified by leading international sustainability and ethical standards organizations.
Stay in the loop
New drops, restocks, and notes from the workshop — occasional emails, no spam.