Proposal
Project name: RE RE RE
Company name: The Little Swing
Presenter: Vũ Tam Hà
Project’s brief description: Making sustainable toys and more from scraps, wasted fabric collected from textile manufacturers in Vietnam, connecting handcraft communities across the country
Working language: English, Vietnamese,
UN goals:
Goal 8: Open job opportunities for handcraft communities in Vietnam who were left behind due to lack of work & the rise of mass produced products.
Goal 11: Offer an alternative means for textile & clothing manufacturers not only to dispose but to upcycle scraps, wasted fabrics. Offer an alternative & sustainable working environment for stay at home parents, retirees.
Goal 12: On the user end, encourage responsible consumption behaviors, starting from the root, children. On textile manufacturers & clothing manufactures end, propose feasible circular economy products.
The problem: Textile & clothing manufacturers produce a great amount of scraps and waste fabrics which are treated as hazardous, persistent environmental problems. Scraps & waste especially synthetic treatment often generate greenhouse effect, toxics chemical & other environmental complications
The social problem: In the age of fast fashion, textile consumption has changed for the worse, waste from end users have only risen.
Motivation: Time to go a different route! Instead of recycling raw materials, let’s upcycle the end products.
Solution idea: Our project RERERE which has been ongoing for the last one and half year is
- To collect scraps & waste straight from the source, textile manufacturer, our partner hungyen knitting and dyeing co. ltd, of polyester & elastane which is used for manufacturing swimming suits,
- To find the most feasible way & design to upcycle without any chemical treatment or processes,
- To utilize and promote local hand craftsmanship for productions to minimize carbon footprint,
- To offer 100% upcycled products to end users.
The above processes are feasible and applicable with other manufacturers. We have been approached by other companies but we would like to develop at a steady pace and more importantly, reach out & spread to end users.