Clean by Designisan initiative of theNRDC to develop an effective sustainability protocol for the fashion industry. The impressive, reasonable plan is poised to “Revolutionize the Textile Supply Chain with Market-Based Strategies that Reduce Pollution and Improve Efficiency.”
Clean by Design recommends 10 simple “Best Practices” for textile mills- primarily for the nitty gritty production steps. All suggestions are very easy to implement and pay for themselves in 8 months, sometimes sooner. The gradual unveiling of this stellar, solid report (Click for PDF) should begin to effect the products that appear on runways and in retail shops.
In our last newsletter we informed you of our upcoming profile on Anderson Cooper’s 360°. In case you weren’t able to catch it (it was almost passed over for a dancing dog) Here is the link to the video. It seems once we hit the televisionosphere, they couldn’t get enough of us and more coverage followed.
Congratulations to GrowNYC, our partner in greenmarket collections, for the accomplishment of diverting 1 Million lbs of textiles from landfills. GrowNYC has been a great partner in so many ways that it is hard to say enough about how we feel about this organization. They have helped us as a company and also as individuals raising the bar in how we interact with our local community. We tip our caps to you GrowNYC. Here’s to 1 million more!
From their recent news release: “Given the enormous volume of textiles that residents dispose of each year in NYC, GrowNYC wanted to provide a convenient alternative. What began as a pilot in Union Square has grown to be a permanent offering at eight of our Greenmarkets,” said GrowNYC Executive Director Marcel Van Ooyen. “And, New Yorkers have responded overwhelmingly, as over 51,000 New Yorkers have contributed to the million pounds of textiles that have been diverted from disposal as of March 31, 2011. That’s enough to fill 24 subway cars!”
We are extremely proud to announce a new partnership between Wearable Collections and Stony Brook University. We recently placed 11 outdoor collection bins on SBU campus. This is an innovative partnership, as monies from the clothing collected will be directed back to the University. Stony Brook University, a leader in science and technology is way ahead of the curve in regards to environmental concerns. Bravo Stony Brook U! Its our pleasure to work with you.
Please join us on Wednesday September 15th as we join the Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) in hosting a textile drive smack dab in the heart of Times Sq. We will be located at 46 th st and Broadway (just behind the TKTS booth)
We are excited to partner up with the BGA and be part of Broadways greening efforts. If you never heard about the BGA you can find out more about the awesome things they do here.
We can barely contain our excitement with the news that Wearable Collections will be among the legions of wonderful organizations profiled on the Anderson Cooper 360° show. The taping was completed a couple of months ago and according to our sources will be aired on Sept 1st , either at the 10pm slot or 11pm. The AC 360° team conducted an interview at the Wearable offices, and followed us around to get a first hand look at Wearable’s operations. We really enjoyed our time with them, and though we didn’t get to meet Anderson Cooper himself, anytime he would like to be a guest collector at the greenmarkets, he is very welcome.
arely contain our excitement with the news that Wearable Collections will be among the legions of wonderful organizations profiled on the 
