Buy Better Bags. Build Better Systems.
When you bought your bag, you didn't choose the fabric. You didn't underpay the workers. You didn't build the system. But it's connected - the bag, the labor, the systems.
It's Time for Change.
At Public Thread, we secure textiles from across the community and transform them from waste into your new bag. We are upskilling and investing in people and a new kind of manufacturing. We are training, retraining, and investing in our people with living wages. And, building new systems, working with those companies creating waste to create new opportunities.
The bag, the people, and you. We are all a part of that change.
Across our networks of makers, contractors, and supply chains, we've helped to support more than 100 individuals so far. As we continue to upskill and collaborate, we'll be expanding our internal team into 2024.
We have diverted more than 300,000lbs since 2016. At any given time, we have approx 200,000lb of material on hand. Our goal still is to divert the 26 million lbs of textiles that go into our Kent County landfills annually by 2034 through a community based strategy.
We believe in the talent that already exists in our community. So we build intentional connections with BIPOC Communities, immigrant and refugee networks, and our nonprofit sector. And we build our own training and upskilling programs to ensure we build on-ramps, on-the-job training, revenue opportunities and employment for our neighbors that are often left out of economic development.