South African startup turns plastic waste into leather-like accessories
In South Africa, only 16 per cent of plastic is recycled. The remaining 84 per cent ends up in landfills, on the side of the road or eventually polluting rivers and oceans.
South-African based high fashion startup MicGalaw is showing how businesses can both help reduce pollution and also make a profit from doing so. With its own little niche in the recycling industry, MicGalaw up-cycles discarded plastic into leather-like bags and other accessories.
The brand was co-founded by two women from the south of Johannesburg, Phumudzo Muthanyi and Mbali Mokgosi. Muthanyi and Mokgosi have said that that they were inspired to recycle plastics because it smothered their town and so far it wasn’t being recycled in any major way. They added that it has taken them about three years to understand the art of working with plastics.
Springwise
Related news
Swedish start-up to fortify plant-based meats with easy-to-absorb iron
A Swedish start-up has been granted EUR 1m in funding…
Read more >This is why startups fail in the first three years
The first three years are the most critical in the…
Read more >A whirlwind of new connections and innovations: this year’s Startup Safari Budapest ended successfully
The 2024 Startup Safari Budapest, which began on June 10,…
Read more >Related news
VOSZ Barometer – 2024. II. quarter: mandatory optimism or real growth?
The perception of inflation is still present in domestic companies,…
Read more >Fidelity: Three themes shaping investments in Q3
Has the post-epidemic normalization that we have been waiting for…
Read more >Auchan has appointed a new product director
From July 1, László Varga will perform the duties of…
Read more >