Hey Everyone,
In January my boyfriend and I drove out to Portugal to start up a vegan/sustainable and ethical footwear brand TRASH PLANET. We were sick of being greenwashed by other brands and couldn’t find any sustainable and Vegan footwear options that suited our style. We felt like the only way to honestly and sustainably set up the business was to move as close to our manufacturer (in Portugal) and work one on one with them so we could oversee every process of setting up the supply chain etc. We released our first style ‘Franco’ last month on our website https://www.trashplanet.co.uk/ . Franco sits at 75.5% recycled, made from fabrics such as canvas from recycled ocean plastic, lining made from recycled plastic bottles and corn waste, biodegradable insoles made from wood fibres and soles made from 70% recycled rubber waste from the fashion industry. We have actually only just managed to return from Portugal due to Covid-19, our 3 month business trip turned into a 6 month ordeal - so I am currently in 14 day self-isolation as i’m writing this.
From the beginning we always knew we wanted to create a style of footwear that would work really well with artist collaborations so we could also create limited styles in aid of different charities and organisations we felt really passionately about. We launched our first artist collaboration online last week, in aid of two charities supporting Black communities. We teamed up with three awesome independent artists who have created their own take on our newest trainer style ‘Billie’. Each artist has chosen a charity to support and we are selling raffle tickets to win the trainers for £10, of which all the proceeds will be donated to the charities selected by the artists. The charities selected are Black Minds Matter UK and a fundraiser to build an African Caribbean Culture venue in Bristol. If you’d like to support these charities and be in with the chance of winning one of the custom made collaboration shoes - you can donate and read more here - https://www.trashplanet.co.uk/collections/trash-planet-artist-collaboration
I’d love to hear your thoughts. And any support is greatly appreciated! We have tried to be fully transparent on our website and you can read all about our ethics, fabrics and other projects we are supporting such as reforesting a rainforest in Madagascar on the website too. You can also find out more about Trash Planet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trashplanetofficial/
Thank you,
Holly x
Submitted July 06, 2020 at 01:45PM by trashion94 https://ift.tt/3e60cYq
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