10 sessions
48 Minutes
What's waiting for you
01 Introducing Sophie Pignères
Get to know Sophie Pignères, founder of WeTurn, and understand her vision for the future of textile recycling
02 What will you learn?
Sophie explains what she is going to teach you in this course
03 Understanding fashion's waste problem
Understand what textile waste is and why it is one of the fashion industry's biggest problems
04 Key challenges of textile recycling
Get step-by-step instructions on how to implement a recycling process within your company
05 The potentials of eco-design
Understand all the benefits of circular and closed loop projects for your brand and for the environment
06 Transparency is key
Sophie gives you her personal advice on how to choose the right recycling partners and why full traceability matters
07 Sourcing recyclable materials
Get to understand what kind of materials can be fully recycled and why you may want to avoid synthetic fibers
08 The process of eco design
But how to start? Get to know two possible ways for starting an eco-design project
09 Case study – LVMH
Sophie talks about her personal experience when working with luxury houses and how they realize circular projects
10 Conclusion
Sophie's plea for changing our point of view towards raw materials and our perception on waste
Sophie Pigneres
Sophie is founder of WeTurn, a company that provides eco-design and recycling solutions for the textile industry, aiming to mainstream the reuse of raw materials. The company has been incubated by LVMH's startup programme. WeTurn's closed loop projects guarantee 100% transparency & traceability and follow European labor and environmental standards, certified by Global Recycling Standards. By creating recycled yarn for luxury houses, such as Dior, WeTurn proves the high quality and applicability of recycled fabrics.
Your course
Sophie explains how to develop new yarn from unsold goods and textiles. By this way not only textile waste can be reduced, but also new value can be created from dead stock. She provides step by step instructions on how to implement closed loop projects and what to watch out for. Sophie talks about her personal view on raw materials and why the perception on waste and recycling needs to change radically.
