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[Circular fashion] Baote bottle changed cloth, waste fishing net changed into sunglasses! Type B companies open up sustainable business opportunities and let waste enter the cycle

Garbage is no longer a national issue, but a global crisis. A B-type company, Thread Int'l, is an influential business model that connects local recyclers and textiles to collect plastic bottles from Haiti's streets and canals and transform them into the most responsible on earth. Fabrics; complete the business model of the circular economy, also raised $28 million in the first round of fundraising. It also helps to link the various agencies to act in Haiti and stabilize the local community development and recycling of plastic business activities, not only to solve the pain points of the brand in the supply chain (labor rights, etc.) but also to the disadvantaged groups at the source of the supply chain. Incorporate into corporate strategic brand thinking and action. More use by HP, Timberland, Reebok and other brands.

In addition, abandoned fishing nets have caused serious damage to marine habitats and living things, killing economically valuable fish, harming fishermen and divers and blocking the harbor. The B-type company, Bureo Inc. established the first with the support of the Chilean government. The Netnet collects and recycles the "Net Positiva" program, which uses abandoned fishing nets to design and manufacture a range of sustainable products such as skateboards and sunglasses. By planning to provide fishermen with recyclable fishing net equipment, consumers who purchase "good" products can also support the recycling of abandoned fishing nets and further increase local employment growth.

Text: Type B Enterprise Association

Most of the recycling industry is a place with a strong grass root taste. The good thing is called resources. The hard part is rubbish. It has a "door-to-door" encounter with the fashion industry on the glamorous and beautiful stage. But this should also be the starting point of many moving stories. ?

Residents of the island with few natural resources can understand this concept, but even Taiwan, which is located in the front of the recycling class is subject to the law prohibiting the recycling of PET bottles for food containers and packaging, so Taiwan still needs to consume every year. More than 70 million liters of crude oil are used to make plastic bottles. Although the current situation is helpless, there is no transition to the best alternative. There are companies in Taiwan that love gratitude and technology, combined with recycled plastic technology, and many textile companies in the field of man-made fibers and environmentally-friendly weaving. Find business opportunities in an urgent environmental crisis.

Looking at the world, foreign companies also exert social innovation and environmental influence, recycling petrochemical products such as discarded fishing nets (nylon) and plastic bottles, not only recycling resources and cooperation with multi-party organizations but also creating a sustainable business model. The local people's stable job opportunities and income, plus the perpetual value of the branded service providers, make consumers affirm and recognize their brands. Let’s take a look at how the cycle fashion of B-type companies are carried out.

At the other end of the globe, what will you think of in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the country of Taiwan, the elegant Caribbean beaches, or the rubbish in the mountains? No matter what your imagination is, it is a pity that the reality is the latter, not only garbage but also the overwhelming garbage mountain, people live next to the garbage. This situation has not been fully promoted to natural disasters (earthquake hurricanes) but also caused by man-made disasters.

In addition to the global non-governmental organization (NPO) in the humanitarian relief distribution work to try to reduce the suffering of the country due to natural disasters, there is a very special B-type company "Thread International" (Thread International) to play a sustainable business model Link-local recyclers and textiles to collect plastic bottles from the streets and canals of Haiti and turn them into "the most responsible fabric on the planet." Not only has the business model of the circular economy been completed but also $28 million has been raised in the first round of fundraising. In addition to institutional investors, there is also strong financial support from the well-known leisure sports brand Under Armor Strategy and Vice President of Consumer Relations.

Line International assists agencies in providing local people with training, reasonable salary, child and youth scholarships, micro-loans and other positive actions in Haiti, stabilizing the local community development and recycling of plastic business activities, not only solving the pain points of brand suppliers in the supply chain (Labor rights, etc.), the weak people in the supply chain source are also included in the company's strategic brand thinking and actions. Brands such as HP, Timberland, Reebok, and Kenneth Cole have also used polyester fiber fabrics made from recycled plastic bottles in Haiti to serve as their new products.

Ian Rosenberger, a founder of Line International, said in his impact report: "We see The First Mile is a region that is often overlooked, and these areas often cause ecological and human harm. Usually, The work at this stage is informal, unregulated and difficult to monitor, making it difficult to accurately track and understand the source of raw materials. While some apparel brands are willing to become more transparent and open to their suppliers, many brands only can list their first and second-level suppliers of tailoring and sewing. But the textile supply chain is long and complicated and must go through many processing procedures such as spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing suppliers before the fabric is completed. We have built a responsible and transparent supply chain, GroundtoGoodTM, which links many institutions at the source of the supply chain - starting with picking up plastic bottles on the ground in the country of Haiti, publicly listing each textile supplier, more transparent Exposing the partners who collect plastic bottles. We will continue to do so until such an open and transparent level is commonplace. Until the industry has a complete understanding of the source of the supply chain until more companies understand the social and environmental responsibility of the source of their supply chain."

According to Apparel Magazine, Timeland, a brand partner with Thread, said: "The process from "bottle to boots" began in Haiti, where more than a thousand locals collected plastic bottles and developed them into ThreadTM fabrics. Collecting bottles and fabrics to the suppliers who deliver the bundles to the brand, every step of the journey is tracked. Our collaboration with Thread enables Timberland consumers to fully understand the boots and shoes they buy. Bags and T-Shirt have different social and environmental influences, allowing them to participate and continue their desire for sustainable living."

In Taiwan, it is the most upstream of the environmentally friendly yarn manufacturing process, and it is also the “Big Love Thanksgiving Technology” of B-type enterprises. As early as 2008, it proved that “circular fashion is really fashionable”. Environmentally friendly yarn fabrics can be remanufactured from recycled bottles, such as underwear, blouses, glasses, vests and even zippers.

According to the "Manager" report, Daai Thanksgiving Technology explained: "To be a textile material, the bottle must be clean and free of impurities, otherwise it will be easily broken during the drawing process and cannot be woven into cloth. However, due to the general resource recycling field, The classification and processing process is often not detailed enough to affect the quality of the bottle. For this reason, Grand Love Technology has set a set of SOP (standard operating procedures) for the recycling of the bottle and dispatched 4500 to the province of Tzu Chi. The recycling stations will explain the principles and standard steps to the environmental volunteers. In order to ensure the purity of the raw materials, the volunteers must first pick out the No. 1 PET material, and sort and disassemble the bottle caps and bottle rings. Remove the label of the bottle and press it into the bottle of Baote; then hand it to the downstream industry to crush it into a bottle, and after washing, removing impurities, drying, plasticizing into recycled polyester particles; finally, the textile industry can start drawing."

Taiwan's textile industry is also finding sustainable business opportunities in recycled polyester fiber. For example, one of Patagonia's suppliers, "Xing Cai Industrial", will make coffee grounds into S.Café yarn series products, and "Taiwan Textile" will be developed in Taiwan. Umorfil Beauty Fiber and Shinko Optical Fiber Co., Ltd. also said through the interview of Vision Magazine that they cooperated with Line International to make the PET bottles collected from Haiti into recycled polyester fiber, which is in line with environmental protection trends and solves The lack of good textile industry in South America is also a model that provides Haitian people with jobs and opportunities to improve their local lives.

Ian Rosenberger, the founder of Line International, finally talked about the corporate mission and the commercial influence of transcending commodities: "We take waste from poor communities, make it a field where people can work, and "circulate" those plastic wastes, and businesses. The cooperation has turned it into a fashion item that people love and use. Our mission is to work together to solve the multi-faceted poverty problem facing today's society by combining multiple resources; we believe that the solution is to create as many dignified and sustainable jobs as possible in those economically disadvantaged communities. It is our business's influence. "

Recycling abandoned fishing nets, recycling fashion makes the ocean more beautiful and better "Bureo Inc."

Abandoned fishing nets cause a lot of damage around the world. Abandoned fishing nets and ghost gears not only have a serious impact on marine habitats and living things. Fishing nets drifting in the sea will net marine life and even cover coral reefs and destroy biological habitats. It also affects the fisheries themselves, as these nets kill fish of economic value, endanger fishermen and divers and block the harbor. According to The Guardian, from 2002 to 2012, the 870 abandoned fishing nets cleared by Washington State alone contained 32,000 marine life.

According to estimates, ghost fishing gear accounts for 10% of marine debris. These fisheries have been left in the sea during storms, and some have been deliberately discarded. Because many ports lack the equipment to recover fishing nets, it is simple and cheap to treat them directly into the sea.

In Taiwan, according to the report of “Agricultural Media”, the Kuroshio Ocean Culture and Education Foundation investigated maritimely drifting garbage in Taiwan's seas and found that 7% of the sea drifting garbage is a fishing tool, and the Marine Commission's Marine Conservation Agency also announced January-June 107. A total of 55 metric tons of marine debris were removed from all counties and cities, of which 4.44 metric tons were fishing nets, accounting for about 8% of total waste. In addition, the Environmental Information Center also reported that at present Taiwan's local government's waste disposal capacity is insufficient, and the derivative fishermen cannot handle the problem of a large number of discarded fishing gear after recycling.

The abandonment of abandoned fishing nets is a global problem, but some companies not only see problems but see flipped business opportunities. There is a B-type company, "Bureo Inc.", which is the "good" meaning of Spanish. The company established the first fishing net collection and recycling "Net Positiva" with the support of the Chilean government. Plan to use abandoned fishing nets to design and manufacture a range of sustainable products such as skateboards and sunglasses.

Through the project, fishermen will be provided with recyclable fishing net equipment. The goodwill transforms the abandoned fishing nets into highly recyclable and durable raw materials. Consumers who purchase "beautiful" products can also support the recycling of abandoned fishing nets and further activate the local Employment growth.

Ben Kneppers, the great founder, said: "The fishermen are actually the first to recognize the problems of abandoned fishing nets and ghost fishing gear, but their choices are very limited. The extra infrastructure and costs needed to discard fishing nets in a reasonable manner, let Them can't afford it, especially for the self-employed fishermen. Now, for every kilogram of fish nets recovered, the good will be allocated to local NGOs to transform them into skateboards and sunglasses."

This sounds very good, so can the problem of abandoned fishing nets be solved?

According to the Guardian, the net is made of nylon, which is a synthetic fiber made of polymer that is not easily decomposed and accounts for about 10% of the debris in the ocean. According to the World Society for the Protection of Animals, fishermen often discard fishing nets that cannot be used, because if they are to be disposed of properly. More than 600,000 tons of fishing gear are dumped into the ocean each year, including nylon nets.

However, recycling waste nylon fishing nets has no attractive economic justification. Stephen Johnston, associate professor of plastics engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, conducted a research project on regenerative fishing nets.

So I strongly support the circular economy business model, if companies use resources as much as possible and find the greatest value in them, and recycle and reuse the products and Materials, if we charge for all the waste, if the company that produces it must be responsible for recycling the products they produce, it will flip the entire industry."

Customers will receive any pair of glasses for free repair. If their products cannot be repaired, new glasses frames will be provided and the old frames will be recycled.

Karün also works with Baloon Latam, a social enterprise that promotes micro territorial development in Latin America, from which to purchase local waste materials (fishnets, trees, etc.), and the purchase amount provides funds for local community development.

Patagonia, a world-renowned outdoor sports brand, has added more recycled nylon to its lineup. According to the Free Times and Apple Daily, Patagonia collaborated with Taiwanese supplier Formosa Taffeta to recycle, clean, cut, transport, etc. from Chile, and sent the discarded fishing nets to Vietnam for melting and then sending them. Back to the "Taiwan Chemical Fiber" factory in Taiwan, and finally we will be responsible for weaving. We expect to produce recycled nylon cloth in 2020, which is not only environmentally friendly but also reduces marine pollution.

According to the Guardian, Matt Dwyer, material innovation manager at Patagonia, said: “We currently have more than 50 products with different proportions of recycled nylon. The outer textiles of the Torrentshell jacket are made of 100% recycled nylon. We spent nearly 15 It took years to develop a technology that makes recycled polyester materials as good as virgin polyester. The journey of learning nylon and polyester is similar. The key is to ensure that the recycled materials are indeed superior to the original materials and that the quality and performance are consistent. Our standards."

Not just using recycled nylon, but looking forward to creating the future of all fashion manufacturing, that is, we must find the value of waste; at present, nylon is just one of our lives. Materials. Imagine if we could recycle all the materials, our future would be as blue as the ocean."

The full text is reproduced from the B-type Enterprise Association. Original title: Recycling fashion is good business. Recycled PET bottles become fashionable clothes and shoes, discarded fishing nets and sunglasses.
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