Fashion is reported to be one of the most polluting industries in the world from the excessive water and chemicals used in production to global shipping and landfill waste, however we can all strive do our bit to reverse these negative statistics.
Based in Haringey, alongside the Fashion Technology Academy, the 7,500 m2 SMETA approved Fashion Enter factory manufactures up to 10,000 units a week with an emphasis on transparency and good working practices. While there is always room for improvement the factory currently adheres to following 5 habits to keep waste minimal…
Efficient and well thought-out lay plans to ensure the bare minimum of fabric waste.- Scraps of fabric used by our Stitching Academy students to practice and use for their work books.
- Left over rolls of fabric donated to schools, local charities, up-cycling labels and designers to incorporate into new designs.
- Unwanted samples are stored for six months and added to our monthly sample sales, those remaining are then de-labelled and given to charity.
- Additionally as a company we incorporate the acronym TIM WOODS to make the 8 forms of managing waste easy to remember…
T = Transportation
I = Inventory
M = Motion
W = Waiting
O = Overprocessing
O = Overproduction
D = Defects
S = Skills
Fashion Enter students and employees are encouraged to think about each and every form of waste and find ways to reduce and eliminate at every stage. As a UK based factory the company ethos centres on keeping production on home soil, minimizing unnecessary global shipping and maintaining a skilled production base for future generations.