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About Eco Boutique
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Eco Boutique is about making a change.
We’ve all become slaves to ‘fast fashion’. The high street has turned us into sheep, buying whatever it churns out and then disposing of it when it falls apart.
We’ve lost our own individual sense of style and we want people to find it again.
We want to fashion to return to its glory days when people bought less, and cherished the things they did buy.
We want to promote ‘slow fashion’. Our limited edition designs are unique and have been inspired by art not the high street. And just like art, they’ll last you more than just one season.
It’s not just our sense of individuality that disposable fashion is destroying, it’s also taking a huge toll on the earth and the people that live on it and it’s hugely important to us to make as little impact as we can.
We have a strict eco ethos that runs throughout our business that includes the following:
• All our t-shirts are produced in factories with ethical practices and are made using 100% organic cotton with 90% reduced CO2 and printed with environmentally friendly water-based inks.
• Where possible we use 100% degradable mailing bags that have been manufactured from 100% recycled plastic films.
• Any waste that can be recycled will be.
• We never print unnecessarily and when we do have to, we print on recycled paper and FSC approved card.
- The Eco guide
- Organic
- The making of clothes takes its toll on both people and the environment. At Eco Boutique we think it’s vital to minimise our effect on the world and its people by only using organic cotton for the following reasons:
The processing of non-organic cotton usually involves the use of some very toxic chemicals. These chemicals have some serious side effects on the workers including the poisoning of workers and also the residue on their clothes is suspected to cause allergies, eczema and even cancers.
When growing non-organic cotton farmers use harmful insecticides and pesticides which pollute the environment, causing poor land fertility, but worse, poison livestock, wild animals and people. In fact an estimated 1 million people are poisoned every year by pesticides.
Organic Cotton farmers work with nature to help grow their crop. They regularly rotate their crops and weed manually. They use organic fertilizers such as manure and organic pesticides, such as chilli, garlic and beneficial insects. These practices are far better for the environment and the health of the people who grow cotton.
Buying organic promotes a fundamental change in the way we treat the environment around us, looking not just to the next crop, but to the future of our children’s planet.
Finally organic cotton is not only often softer and kinder to skin, but also more durable and longer-lasting. - Ethical
- At Eco Boutique we don't believe that others should suffer in the manufacturing of our products. Ethical Manufacturing means that whoever is making your clothes is treated fairly, is paid well and works in good conditions. You can wear your clothes reassured that everyone involved in its creation has been treated fairly from beginning to end.
- Climate Aware
- The increase in manufacturing of goods has had a devastating effect on our earth, but some manufacturers are taking responsibility. Where you see this logo, it means the manufacturer has measured their organisation's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduced them to net zero through internal change and externally, through carbon offsetting in accordance with the requirements of the Carbon Neutral Protocol1 for their type of activity.
- Vintage
- With so many wonderful clothes and accessories all ready existing out there, we really don’t need to manufacture so much. We’re always keeping an eagle eye out for any beautiful things that have come back in fashion and can once again be worn with pride. There is zero impact on the environment as it already exists - it’s just being given a new lease of life! And the BEST thing about vintage - no one else will have it!
- Recycled
- Recycled products reduce the amount of raw materials needed to make things, and they also help save energy in the manufacturing process. It takes 60% less energy to make new paper from old paper than it does to make it from trees. As recycled products can be recycled again, they also help to reduce the amount of waste sent to land fill. At Eco Boutique we always recycle and use recycled materials wherever possible.
- Upcycled
- Upcycling is the re-use of an existing, and usually unwanted, product for alternative purposes with the intent of creating a product of higher quality design and artistic value. This has many advantages for the environment including preventing waste of potentially useful materials, reducing the consumption of fresh raw materials and reducing energy usage as no manufacturing is involved.
- Sustainable
- These products are made from materials that are plentiful, and so using these materials to make things will not have any negative impact on the world’s natural environment. Coconut is a good example of a sustainable material, as it is highly renewable. Plus the byproducts of making coconut fiber are biodegradable pith and sawdust, and now those byproducts are being used as mulch, so the entire process is becoming more and more eco-minded.
- UK Made
- These products are made in the UK — this reduces the environmental impact of transporting the goods and supports other UK businesses.
Pressure to quickly produce increasing quantities of cheap textiles has led the apparel industry to allow some of the most unethical trade practices on the planet; worst examples include child labour, excessive working hours, unsafe and unhygienic working conditions.
