The adventure began in 2019 when 4 entrepreneurs joined forces to create KOB. At the heart of their concerns were the growing scarcity of resources and the environmental and economic stakes surrounding glass recycling. They conceived and developed a new circular economy model, which materialized in the first SandBag® industrial production unit in Toulouse.

The little-known impact of glass on the environment is, in order of magnitude, two to three times greater than most packaging plastics. Behind the SandBag® innovation lies the conviction of the 4 entrepreneurs that glass waste, overabundant throughout the world, is certainly recyclable but poorly recovered.

With that in mind, the KOB team set out to tackle the problem of "single-use" glass by creating an industrial company that recycles waste glass into innovative water filtration solutions. 

All developments carried out by KOB and its licensed partners aim to achieve ambitious environmental impacts, aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and in particular 4 of them

KOB stands for Kind Of Blue, referring to the Miles Davis album that revolutionized jazz composition standards in 1959. Our ambition is to challenge technical standards in order to preserve the "blue" of our planet! And let's not forget that Kind Of Blue was the most listened-to/sold jazz album of all time!