Nobody would like to receive such a message. This is especially true for a group of motivated students with high hopes for the future like Premium! This is why we now welcome you to our new series: Successful Circular Business! Our project’s core topic is Circular Economy and every team member of BackToBasics is highly committed to make our world a better place trough a shift to a new economical model! Therefore, we feel the urge to spread some knowledge and awareness about the topic by giving our followers some virtuous examples of circular businesses that will help making our future brighter! Today’s business is Thread! Thread is Pittsburgh-based company that transforms plastic bottles from the streets and canals of Haiti and Honduras into "responsible fabric" used in consumer products. What we believe is particularly interesting about this business is that in addition to helping to reduce trash in Haiti and Honduras by creating upcycled alternatives to waste, the company also strives to provide quality to locals in impoverished communities. Finally, Thread recently partnered with Timberland to provide upcycled materials for use in the apparel brand's footwear. To add another level of transparency, each yard of Thread fabric is traced and tracked at every step of the upcycling process, from bottle collection to fabric creation to the delivery of the fabric bolt to the manufacturer.
