Circularity is the buzzword on everyone's lips right now. It's no wonder, when you hear that 350,000 tonnes of clothing goes to landfill in the UK every year. Something needs to be done to stop the mass-consumption that the UK in particularly seems to be pretty bad at!
The United Repair Centre, a collaboration between outdoor brand Patagonia, social enterprise Makers Unite, and the Amsterdam Economic Board, is a much needed resource for the clothing industry. And they've opened one up in London!
On this episode I chat with one of the United Repair Centre co-founders, Thami Schweichler.
We chat about how the URC repair process has combined technology with sewing skills to make repair and circularity available to all, and how any brand can get involved in offering a repair service to their customers.
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106 – How to print sustainably on wool – Nick Morley, Faering
105 – The Making of Pantherella Socks – Justin Hall, Pantherella
104 – How we can solve the skills issue post-Brexit – Tamara Cincik, Fashion Roundtable
103 – What does a manufacturer include in a cost price?
102 – How does a textile mill thrive in 2020? David Collinge, John Spencer Textiles
101 – Nine Manufacturing Trends for 2020 and Beyond
Introducing Series 2 of the Make it British podcast
BONUS: 6 Reasons why UK-made gifts are more sustainable
100 – 10 Things that make British-made businesses great
099 – Should raw materials come from the UK to call a product British?
098 – From Artist to Bespoke Gift Business – Corinne Lewis-Ward, Powder Butterfly
097 – 13 Factories in 3 Days!
096 – A visit to an umbrella factory – Richard Ince, James Ince & Sons
095 – How to validate your UK-made product idea
094 – How to crowdfund your brand – Sophie Slater, Birdsong
093 – Made in UK Clothing Hit by Huge US Tariffs
092 – Elaine Stewart, Longthorne Guns – The Ultimate English Shotgun
091 – Britwashing. What is it? and how to avoid it
089 – Why aren’t manufacturers getting back to your emails?
088 – A Visit to a Footwear Factory – Crown Northampton
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