Solution: Garment brand made from waste. Owner: Payote. Circular Strategy: Repurpose.
Description
Payote, in collaboration with the initiative SEAQUAL, uses plastic packaging waste collected from the Mediterranean Sea. Which is then manufactured into a high-quality yarn that forms the fibre of its fabrics. The fabric is then used to produce a collection of recycles shoes.
Location
Perpignan, France.
Scale
Under 50 employees.
Potential circular economy impact
This solution removes plastic from the environment and transforms it into useful material. This means that the material used for some of the shoes produced by Payote comes from non-virgin material. This reduces the need to extract resources.
What’s involved?
People: Designers; shoemaker; sales team.
Resources: Fibre made from PET; cotton; rubber; space to produce the shoes.
Technology: Sewing machine; website.
Implementation: Procurement of fibre made from PET; design of the shoes; manufacture the shoes; organise the sales.