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(CNN) -- As protests continue across the Middle East,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], American shoemaker Bahman Irvani remembers 1979. than doing it overseas."
Two-billion pairs of footwear are sold each year in the United States with 99% of them made overseas,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Jason Boswell,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], vice president of sales for Okabashi credits Irvani for bucking that trend.
"While other companies send their operations overseas and cut corners on quality, Bahman insists on keeping our operations domestic and instead of lowering quality actually increasing it,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Boswell said.
Irvani's factory employs around 200 workers that produce up to 20,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],000 pairs of shoes each day,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with his sandals selling for as little as $12.
"Our shoes get to the American consumer after traveling an average of 800 miles,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Irvani said, "compared to Chinese shoes which can travel 12,000 miles on average."
The sandals are 100% recyclable and made of up to 25% recycled material,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
All the materials Okabashi use are entirely recyclable,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Irvani says.
"Very few shoes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], by the way,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], are recyclable -- the leather shoes one wears for example. There are a lot of components going into the shoes so you have to undo them and that process of splitting them up is incredibly time consuming and just not practical. Our shoes are primarily one material," he said.
The company also takes great pains to ensure a zero waste manufacturing process.
"Obviously not everything comes out beautiful and perfect so we end up with scrap or process waste or returns from customers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said Brad Laporte, vice president of manufacturing.
The company encourages their customers to return their worn out sandals where they are cleaned, ground up and mixed with the new plastic.
The future for Bahman Irvani's company looks bright despite the recent recession -- Okabashi export to 16 countries, including Asia,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Laporte says.
Irvani has no plans for retirement,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. His father worked well into his 80s and his son -- 28-year-old third generation shoemaker Hadi -- has taken a more active role in his beloved company,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
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