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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203 – 30 years of knitwear manufacturing in Leicester with Mars Knitwear
202 – How I Dealt With the Copycats and Came Out on Top, Monika Young
201 – 7 things that successful British-made brands do
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200 – 20 tips for building a great UK-made brand
199 – 11 tips for starting a UK-made brand
198 – How long does it take to launch a new product?
197 – The Importance of Quality – Maria Grachvogel
196 – How to follow up with a manufacturer
195 – Made in Britain Starts Here – Andy Ogden
194 – What To Do When Manufacturing Goes Wrong
193 – Running the Oldest Factory in the UK – Ian Maclean MBE
192 – Why you should visit a factory
191 –Building a great British brand – Julie Deane CBE
190 – Why UK manufacturers don’t sample for free
189 – Calling out Boohoo for using unethical garment factories – Dominique Muller
188 – 10 things that make British-made businesses great
187 – How to make sales on live video – Lindsey James, Violet Flamingo
186 – Taking a break!
185 – Reeducating Customers to Buy Better and Buy Less – Rita Britton
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