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.
ABOUT UNITED REPAIR CENTRE
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Mentioned in this episode:
British Brand Accelerator
163 – How to Use Data to Transform Your Business – Jodi Muter-Hamilton
162 – Fail to plan…plan to fail!
161 – 50 years of manufacturing in the UK – John Elliott MBE, Ebac
160 – Should You Start With a Seamstress or a Factory?
159 – Tips for Trading With the EU as a Small Business – Rachel Bowditch
158 – What is a Critical Path and Why do You Need One?
157 – Tapping into Deadstock Materials – Dessy Tsolova
156 – 5 reasons why you might not be able to find a UK manufacturer
155 – Creating change in the UK fashion industry – Lee Akpareva
154 – Made in UK vs Made in Britain
153 – Building a family business in post-Brexit Britain – Gillian Tusting
152 – Are you charging enough for your UK-made products?
151 – 10 years of Make it British – what’s changed?
BONUS EPISODE: Made in UK Day
150 – 11 trends for 2021 and beyond
149 – A look back on 2020
148 – How to promote a UK-made brand
147 – Catherine Erdly, The Resilient Retail Club
146 – LIVE: No Black Friday
145 – Revisited: James Eden, Private White V.C.
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