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Applied Series: Recycling Fashion's Waste with Refact's Pauline Guesné
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Turning Textile Waste into Recycled Fibres:
Pauline Guesné, co-founder of Refact, once a corporate consultant now turned entrepreneur shares her story of a little French girl dreaming big. Those dreams developed into the desire to do something for the world and in this case fashion, having been shocked by the industry's wasteful nature. Pauline and her team have invented a novel process that utilises a combination of mechanical and chemical recycling processes to break down used garments into reusable fibres. Pauline shares in this episode how that magic happens and the drastic shift it could enact for fashion to become circular.
The Industry's Appetite for Recycled Fashion:
This episode peels back the layers of the glamorous facade to expose the urgent need for a circular economy in fashion. Alarmingly in this conversation Pauline tells host, Peter Jeun Ho Tsang, how the larger fashion players are just not biting and the truth about VC investors still prioritising short term returns over long term humanity's need for advancement. What will these commercial and market challenges mean for circular solutions like Refact?
Find out about Refact here
Connect with Pauline on LinkedIn
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Chapters
1. Circular Fashion Tech Innovations Explored (00:00:03)
2. Transition From Corporate to Entrepreneurship (00:05:13)
3. Textile Recycling (00:13:40)
4. Challenges in Sustainable Fashion Industry (00:20:41)
5. Future of Sustainable Fashion Industry (00:30:44)
6. Benefits of Entrepreneurial Experience (00:36:13)
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