PURPOSE

To generate zero textile waste. CASACADE is a reverse logistics system designed to avoid, minimize, reintegrate, and manage textile waste in such a way that it does not reach landfills.

METHODOLOGY

• Firstly, the fabric is centralized to control the stock and supply to workshops. Additionally, a transport logistic collects the residual material from the different workshops and takes them to a Scraps Bank where it is classified by color to facilitate its reuse.
• The outsourced workshops are constantly audited to verify the processes and adjust them to minimize the textile waste generated in the cut and confection.
• The creative design area has the challenge to use the scraps in new collections, and along with the pattern’s area, rethink new zero-waste designs.
• Annually, BAOBAB FOUNDATION launches the CASCADE CHALLENGE to promote the use of textile scraps in different areas of design.
• Finally, the scraps that couldn’t be reused by the steps above, are recycled by Fibretex or incineration with Tecnideal. Avoiding their disposition in landfills.

 COMMITMENTS

• Design one zero-waste pattern in each collection.
• Design one piece from textile waste in each collection.
• Collect the residual material from the different workshops and take them to a Scraps Bank open for everyone to reuse without cost.
• Launch an annual CASCADE CHALLENGE to promote the use of textile scraps in different areas of design.
• Avoid at all costs the disposition of our textile waste in landfills.
• Share the amount of textile waste generated and its management in the annual sustainability report.