TEXTILES CHALLENGE & SUSTAINABLE BRANDS | Vancouver-based entrepreneurs are grappling with the accumulation of used textiles in the region, developing new products, markets, and processes that take advantage of a resource that is treated as waste around the world. Join this interactive workshop to lend your knowledge in the emerging practices of reuse, repurposing, and recycling. | Vancouver Economic Commission

Sustainable Brands: Textiles Challenge

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Explore ways to weave global and local textile waste into a high-value resource at this interactive Textiles Challenge!

Vancouver-based entrepreneurs are grappling with the accumulation of used textiles in the region, developing new products, markets, and processes that take advantage of a “waste” resource. Join this interactive workshop of local and global brands to lend and build your knowledge in the emerging practices of textile reuse, repurposing, and recycling.

 

Who Should Apply?

This interactive workshop depends on a meeting of minds across scales and regions. We invite representatives from global brands in the areas of marketing, operations, supply chain management, production, distribution, and ideation to join this workshop.

 

Program Details

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