A Bangkok-based start-up ”upcycling” surplus garment materials

When it comes to tackling climate change, keeping materials and products in the economy for as long as possible would be one solution. This came to be known as a circular model, as opposed to a linear model, which goes in a straight line from raw material to waste.

The European Commission adopted the new circular economy action plan (CEAP) in March 2020, with the aim to make the circular economy a reality in the EU. Meanwhile, in Thailand it is slowly taking shape. Moreloop, a Bangkok-based start-up, is making strides towards turning the circular economy into a fact and has built an online marketplace for the purchase of surplus fabric from factories

Surplus fabric used to be known as dead-stock. This term has a negative connotation and customers felt that these raw materials had to be defective. Surplus fabric in garment industry mainly results from up to 10% extra fabric being…