We have all sorts of weird and wonderful waste from production...
- Scrap or spoilt clothing items
- Inner cardboard tubes from roles or vinyl or print matter
- Plastic bobbins which embroidery thread used to be wrapped round
- Scraps of thread which can't be used
- Scraps of vinyl
- Scraps of ink which are too small to be re-used on an order
- Even, mannequins from our showroom
Look to your right and you'll see a few of the above!! We're quite lucky that at Banana Moon, our product is fun, creative and varied every single day and we know there are hobbyists and craftspeople who can always use what we produce. So, our team had the idea that our junk could become their treasure.
We searched locally for an organisation that could facilitate this for us, and we found the amazing SCRAP in Leeds - A centre of creative reuse and a social enterprise. Perfect! Founder Louise Lucas, 'has always had a concern for environmental issues and could see the potential and need of diverting business waste as low-cost resources for art, play and learning.' I think this is fabulous.
Their shop has an ever changing array of bounty for people to pore over and add to their collection for making something special, to be inspired, and to learn new skills.