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Sustainable

Sustainability defines our success and we make it effortless
for consumers, brands, and retailers to do the same.

Big challenges
need big ideas

Climate change is one of the biggest threats that we have ever faced, and so far, it’s winning. That’s why we need radical solutions fast. So rather than changing fashion system, we sought to make our own parallel system from the ground up. One that works better for consumers, brands, and most importantly, the planet.

80% less

CO2 compared to equivalent synthetic garments

56.1% less

water compared to cotton fibres

26.7% less

CO2 by recycling with Phat Plastic

The material origin

Every Phat Plastic garment starts its life from natural sources that would otherwise go to waste. These include waste streams like bio-gas, agricultural food waste, and urban food waste. These sources rich in lipids (fats) are broken down by bacteria that then produce PHA, or what we call, Phat Plastic.
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Bio-sourced
Bio-compatible
Bio-degradable

How does Phat Plastic compare?

PHA
Polyester
Cotton
Water usage
Significant water use can contribute to dessertification and the pollution of waterways.
CO2 output
CO2 is a primary greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and environmental breakdown.
Bio-degradable
Bio-degradability refers to a material’s ability to break down naturally in the environment.

2. Waste-free manufacture

Traditional fashion supply chains go from raw material to yarn to fibre to fabric and finally to garment, adding layers of transportation and packaging as these parts travel between different factories across the world. Our electrospinning method skips out the in-between processes and jumps straight from material to garment, eliminating unnecessary waste.
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3. Seriously circular

Giving a second life to clothes is one of best ways to reduce emissions. This can be through giving clothes to friends, family, or charity, or by selling them to other people. However, all clothes degrade over time and need an end-of-life option.

That’s why any Phat Plastic garment  can be returned straight to us in at any time, in any condition, at zero cost. No manner if the garment has had a second, third, or fourth life with a new owner.

Using a smartphone camera, the label of a Phat Plastic garment can be scanned and a free return slip will be sent. We process all returned  garments and break them down to raw PHA, ready for new garments to be produced. In return, you get receive Phat Credit that can be spent within participating brands and retailers.
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Recyclable vs recycled:
What’s the difference?

These two terms sound similar but are quite different. Recyclable materials refer to the potential to be recycled, whereas recycled materials indicates that a material has been recycled.

However, not all recycled materials are recyclable again. This is the case with recycled polyester, a increasingly popular material with limited sustainability credentials. This is because polyester degrades over time and can only be downcycled, eventually ending up in waste where it is unusable. Even more, it is still derived from petrochemical sources, one of the largest contributors to global greenhouse emissions.

On the other hand, the PHA used in Phat Plastic is both recycled and recyclable again. This is because we can trace Phat Plastic throughout our system using distributed ledger technology, allowing us to closely monitor the material composition and quality of our products. As with most polymers, chain-shortening occurs, but instead sending our material to waste, we compost it and make new Phat Plastic with no harm to the environment.

4. Transparent forever

We use distributed ledger technology to maintain complete traceability and security throughout our system. The distributed ledger is decentralised by design and is immutable, therefore a garment’s certification, ownership, material composition, and environmental impact can be encoded and traced throughout the system.

This means that there is a unchangable record on every Phat Plastic garment, allowing you measure our environmental efforts and hold us to account.
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We exist because our planet deserves better
Fashion is killing the planet
For us to make a real difference, research suggests that the fashion industry needs to cuts its emission by 50% within the next decade in order to meet the 1.5 degree target set by the Paris Climate Agreement. To do this, 20% of garments needs to be traded circularly by 2030.


But currently, that is not that case. 87% of all clothes are unrecycled, either sent to landfill or incinerated. In fact, less than 1% of clothes are actually recycled. This means that the fashion industry contributes to 10% of global CO2 emissions – 5 times as much as aviation and almost 2 times as much as livestock and manure. Even more, the fashion industry is resulting in immense ecological damage through pollution, deforestation, and desertification. If we don’t make a change, the industry will contribute a further 23% of co2 emissions by 2030. 
But it doesn’t need to be this way
We know that time is running out, so we need radical solutions in order to create radical change.  Our tripartite approach using sustainable innovations in material technology, manufacturing processing, and systems design targets the major environmental problems of fashion life-cycle at every step of the way.
10%
of Global CO2 Emissions are from Fashion
87%
of Garments sent to waste
<1%
of Garments are Currently Recycled
20%
of Garments need to be traded circularly by 2030 to avoid 2C

Interested?
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We are looking for brands that want to be part of the movement. We are actively looking for people to collaborate with us, so don’t hesitate to get in touch! We’d love to have a chat
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