It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Sambhav Foundation

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

9 June 2022

4 minutes

Dry waste collection center in Bengaluru

Recycled plastic collected by waste pickers now featured on garments sold worldwide

BENGALURU, India: Together with an ecosystem of partners the non-profit H&M Foundation launched a first of its kind USD 11 million initiative in 2020, to address the gaps in the system that keep Bengaluru waste pickers in poverty and exclusion. Now, plastic waste collected by informal waste pickers is becoming a valued resource in the fashion and...

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