SEPT 2014

AUS DESIGNcombining design, environmental science, and

social entrepreneurship

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BEXIMCOlargest fabric and garment producer in

Bangladesh

INDUSTRIAL

UPCYCLING

AusDesign works to

reduce environmental

burden through design

and production.

In 2012 AusDesign Ltd. has partnered with one

of the biggest garment manufacturers in

Bangladesh – Beximco – and has developed a

system for using production leftovers in-house.

The industrial upcycling methodology was

originally created on the years-long work of

PhD Reet Aus

Leftovers from conventional

mass-production:

Cutting

leftovers

Roll

ends

Over-

production

% of all fabric used per one product-line

8-30% 1-10% 3-5%

CASE STUDY No1

adapting the marker

Upcycled dress:

3200 litres / 82% of water and

6,6 kWh / 90% energy saved,

1708 g / 84% less CO2 created.

CASE STUDY No 2

adapting the marker +

using cutting leftovers

Upcycled blouse:

1 270 items (11% increase)

3900 litres / 92% of water and

7,5 kWh / 87% energy saved,

1916 g / 89% less CO2 created

per item.

52% of waste reduction possible.

Original shirt:

11 439 items

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572 overproduced items

Waste in total: 19%

CASE STUDY No 3

using roll ends +

cutting leftovers

Upcycled blouse:

2790 litres / 92% of water and

3,3 kWh / 88% energy saved,

916 g / 84% less CO2 created

per item.

57% of waste reduction possible.

Original shirt:

82 980 items

2218 overproduced items

1518 meters of roll-ends

10% of cutting waste

Waste in total: 14%

from overproduction

The Song Festival Up-shirt

CASE STUDY No 4

saves 91% water & 86% energy

compared to a regular shirt.

That equals to

3590 liters of water and

3,48 kWh of energy per shirt,

avoiding 1,83kg of CO2e emissions.

All 23000 Song Festival Up-shirts

combined save:

82 570 000 liters of water

80 040 kWh of energy,

avoiding 41989 kg of CO2e.

Upcycled version

of the dress

Order qyantity: 28250 pieces

Fabric production: 36500 yards

Material: Tencel

Energy: 4,61 kWh or 89% less

Water: 0,06 m3 or 10% less

CO2: saving 1,16 kg of CO2e

Ozone washed with no

added chemicals

Predictability based on the one year research

Production leftovers ranging

from 5-40%. On the average

17% per order that we can

reduce to 8,6%.

This means a 52% waste

reduction!

In cooperation with

Stockholm Environment

Institute in Tallinn and

Estonian Academy of Arts,

AusDesign Ltd. will ensure

that the development

process is reliable and

transparent and aimed for a

genuine improvement.

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MADE® label.

Aus Design www.upmade.org