How a Kenyan start-up is up-cycling fashion waste

Описание: The textile sector accounts for between 2 and 8 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Producing one kilogram of textiles also uses over half a kilogram of chemicals, and consumes huge quantities of fresh water. Globally, $460 billion of value is lost each year by discarding clothes that could still be worn.

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is implementing a three-year project funded by the European Union (EU) to develop innovative business practices and economic models in the textile value chain to help reduce environmental impact and improve livelihoods.

Africa Collect Textiles is one of the first Kenyan start-ups to participate in the InTex project, to develop their business model, determine their product environmental footprint and implement life-cycle thinking to up-cycle textile waste into quality rugs, carpets and toys.

Learn more:

InTex Programme
www.unep.org/intex

EC Textile Q&A
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/press...

EC Textile Factsheet
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/press...

UNEP's #BeatPollution Campaign object is to build and nurture a larger narrative on a pollution-free planet that weaves interrelated aspects of climate and nature and connects different forms of pollution (air, water, soil and land, marine and coastal, and chemicals and waste) to the larger issue of pollution.