Merit Badge

Recycling paper, plastic and fabric waste to produce textile and apparel products
2022 SEED Starter Team Waste Management Botswana

Merit Badge sources raw materials from waste products to produce new textile and apparel products, including clothing accessories, home furnishings and promotional batted costumes. The enterprise designs these products using up-cycled papers, plastics and fabric waste.

Eco-Inclusive Impacts

Cleaning the environment by recycling wasted glass bottles.

  • Cleaning up the urban environment by sourcing glass bottle waste.
  • Making recycled products affordable to customers with the same quality of regular products.

Partners

This enterprise is supported through its partnerships with various stakeholders, ranging from national and international organisations, investors, research institutes, suppliers, governmental bodies, NGOs, other social and environmental enterprises and more.

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