Braiform是全球衣架再利用领域的先锋。过去,该公司只负责生产。但在十五年前,Braiform决定变卖所有的生产设施,致力于发展专门的再利用供应链。如今,Braiform已是全球衣架再利用领域的先锋。衣架被返回到再利用中心后,会被分类、重新包装、并分发回服装生产区域,避免被丢弃至垃圾填埋场的厄运。
循环解决方案:在与新的合作伙伴签约后,Braiform会开发一种新型衣架解决方案,方案的第一步就是向市场提供新的衣架。服装制造商会在运输产品之前购买这些衣架来分配服装,这样, 经销商拿到的就是这些自带衣架的服装。在售出衣服后,经销商们会收集好衣架,并将它们送回分销中心。Braiform在英国谢菲尔德和美国一共拥有三个再利用中心,到时候会根据经销商的地理位置来选择返回到哪一个。到了再利用中心后,相关人员会对它们进行分类和重新包装,最终会分发回服装生产地区。
那些无法得到再利用的衣架会被切碎并用于制造新产品。Braiform知道他们使用的聚合物是比较纯净的,可以卖给复合材料生产商,成为新衣架的原料。去年,该公司自己的废物流就生产了3千万只衣架。
效果:2014年,Braiform共计收集了5.4亿只衣架,其中很大一部分(4.3亿只)得到了再利用。
Braiform is a global leader in garment hanger reuse. In the past, the company was a key player in the initial manufacture of these products, but fifteen years ago the decision was made to sell off all production facilities and commit to a dedicated re-use supply chain. Today, Braiform are the global leader in garment hanger re-use. Products are returned to reuse centres where they are sorted, repackaged and distributed back to garment-producing regions, preventing them from ending up in landfill.
Circular solution: This loop works as follows: after being contracted by a new partner, Braiform develop a new garment hanger solution, which starts with supplying virgin product into the market. Manufacturers buy these hangers and deploy them before shipping their products. The garments are distributed and during purchase, the retailer collects the hangers, sending them back to distribution centres with deliveries. They then return to one of three main re-use centres in Sheffield, and the United States, where they are sorted, repackaged and distributed back to garment-producing regions.
Those hangers that cannot be re-used are shredded and used to make new products. As Braiform know that the polymer is pure, they can sell this material to a compounder and it returns to virgin production. Last year, 30 million hangers were made from the company’s own waste stream.
In 2014, 540 million hangers were collected, with a large proportion – 430 million – being re-used.