
World Cleanup Day 2020: What does ‘a world without waste’ mean to you?
This Saturday marks World Cleanup Day, a global initiative that invites people around the world to make a positive impact by helping to clean up waste in their local area. To mark the occasion and create more awareness of this important issue, we asked the Positive Luxury community what a world without waste means to them. Tessa Gerlach, Founder of Elephant Gin “‘A world without waste’ is a world where we use waste as a resource. There will always be waste, but there is an opportunity to process materials that are earth-friendly and reusable. Piñatex, Bloom Foam and Orange Fiber are just some examples [of brands doing this well]. So let’s clean up; not only the waste that we have produced thus far, but [let’s] also look at each of our production processes to find out how to [be] less wasteful and more resourceful.” Monica Magdas Miller, Founder of Santicler “A world without waste calls upon all businesses to build circularity into product design, development and operations. At Santicler, we are doing that by producing only what we actually sell, thus eliminating unwanted inventories and by using packaging that is recyclable, or fully compostable. We are also looking at ways to incentivise our consumers to bring their worn products back...