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More than 60 million plastic bottles end up in the landfills and incinerators every day and 8 million metric tons of plastic end up in the oceans every year. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, by 2050, there could be more plastic by weight in oceans than fish. Marine species could suffer from severe injuries and deaths upon injection of these plastic. \u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Another problem happening worldwide is algal blooms, i.e. the overgrowth of algae in water, as a result of nutrient pollution from human activities. Occurrences of algal bloom and dead zones can produce dangerous toxins that can sicken or kill human beings and animals. In addition, aquatic life will find it hard to survive due to the overgrowth of algae blocking sunlight at the surface and competing for oxygen.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>The majority of plastic products used nowadays are designed to be used only once and then disposed to the landfill. 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By sourcing from the local manufacturing community, it also promotes localisation and transparency and reduces any potential transportation impacts from long supply chains. As Ethel Studio works with fabric waste from various sources, no two of its meditation cushions are identical, adding on to the unique appearance of the brand. Another outcome of Ethel Studio's business model is its slow mode of operation. It works against the fashion fashion industry and aspires to seek slowness in its work amid the underlying 'capitalist systems' , embracing any fabric 'imperfections' and placing material efficiency above time and monetary efficiency.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Pre-consumer textile waste refers to any waste material produced before the textile pieces even reach the consumer. This includes fabric leftover after cutting out a pattern, those resulted from overstocking, defective printing, dying and finishing for instance. As a result of the natural shapes that make up a garment, approximately 10-30% of the fabric is cut away and discarded during the cutting process, destined for landfill or incineration. Pre-consumer textile waste has its major concern: When they are disposed to the landfill before even making themselves to the consumers, it means that all the raw materials that were extracted for the production of them go to nothing, not to mention any negative externalities (e.g. water pollution as a result of dye effluent discharged) that goes along during the production stages.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Pre-consumer textile waste poses a major concern: raw materials that goes into the production of the textile were extracted for nothing, not to mention the possibilities of any negative externalities that go along during the production stages. Ethel Studio collects pre-consumer textile scraps from its local community, sorts them, and sews and pieces them into meditation cushions. With its collection of meditation cushions, it hopes to promote environmental justice, localisation and transparency, uniqueness, economic justice, and a slow approach to work within the industry through its purpose-driven approach to operation.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>The Founder of Ethel Studio, Maggie Dimmick, aspires to create products with longevity and purpose. Seeking her meditation practice for inspiration, Ethel Studio produces meditation cushions using pre-consumer textile waste. It rescues 'wasted' fabrics from local designers, fashion company offices and production facilities in the Twin Cities area, sorts them, cuts and pieces the fabrics together, and sews and transforms them into meditation cushions. 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These figures are updated on a regular basis as Nudnik continues to reduces the carbon footprint that would have been otherwise needed to produce new material. Meanwhile, the impacts on individual garment pieces are also provided on its webpage.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Choosing its manufacturing partners also bring several advantages. Those who are GOTS certified ensures high-level environmental criteria along the entire organic textiles supply chain and requires compliance with social criteria. FAIR TRADE helps to ensure the best prices are provided to farmers. UPMADE enables and audits the manufacturing partner to apply its industrial upcycling method. OEKO-TEX certifications assures that the products do not contain chemicals or other dangerous substances that are unfavourable to human health. Lastly, the SA-8000 certification ensures decent working conditions.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>The conventional fashion industry is one of the most wasteful industries in many different ways: It can take 2700 litres of water to produce one t-shirt, and toxic chemicals and dyes used in garment production and discharged into waterways can hamper aquatic ecosystems. Meanwhile, most garment and fabric pieces go through a linear lifecycle. They are produced... and eventually sent to the landfill or incinerator upon disposal. One type of waste in the fashion industry is pre-consumer textile waste. These are waste material produced before the textile pieces even reach the consumer. It includes for example fabric leftover after cutting out a pattern, those resulted from overstocking, defective printing, dying and finishing. In fact, as a result of the natural shapes that make up a garment, approximately 10-30% of the fabric is cut away and discarded during the cutting process, destined for landfill or incineration. Accounting for the amount of cutting waste, there is enough cutting waste produced by the industry each year to produce 6 new t-shirts for each individual on the planet.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Most garment and fabric pieces go through a linear lifecycle. One type of waste is pre-consumer textile waste. Pre-consumer textile waste poses a major concern: raw materials that goes into the production of the textile were extracted for nothing, not to mention the possibilities of any negative externalities that go along during the production stages. Nudnik works with cutting waste as a form of pre-consumer textile waste to make its kids wear collection. It collects the 'wasted' small scraps and works with its manufacturing partners which are GOTS, FAIR TRADE, UPMADE, OEKO-TEX and SA-8000 certified. This helps to minimise any pre-consumer cutting waste going to the landfill, and promote environmental and social justice at the same time.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Nudnik works specifically with pre-consumer textile waste in the form of 'cutting waste' or 'off/cut fabrics' to make its kids wear collection. Its collection is designed to utilise these small scraps as much as possible in Toronto. After designing, it is produced by its manufacturing partners at Kishor Exports which are GOTS, FAIR TRADE, UPMADE, OEKO-TEX and SA-8000 certified.\u003C/p>",[606,608],{"name":607,"type":249,"value":607},"https://nudniklife.com/pages/our-purpose",{"name":609,"type":249,"value":609},"https://www.kishorexports.com",[]]