From waste to wow! QUID project

Quid retrieves samples of branded t-shirts, it adapts them and sells them to the market, providing employment to disadvantaged women and people

Social Purpose:

Combine their knowledge of management, and passion for design, fashion and economy and exploit them within the project in order to create a product with a social added value.

Social Impact:

- efficient re-use of cloths - recycle of materials and low impact production - employment of vulnerable women (victims of violence, abused, prostitution, alcoholic)

Innovative Character:

- Combination of sustainable manufacturing process, high level management and employment of vulnerable groups. - Winner of the European Competition for social innovation - Combine their brand with big clothing brand and increase their social impact

Website:

http://progettoquid.it/

Country:

Italy

Scaling Trajectory:

Branching

Dissemination of Knowledge

Affiliation

Capacity Building

Related Societal Trend(s):

New Community-related