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Hyundai Department Store to sell scarves made from donated jacket filling
Hyundai Department Store in South Korea has made scarves using filling from padded jackets donated by customers.
The store collected more than 1,000 jackets and recovered 120 kilograms of duck and goose filling for reuse.
It worked with National Geographic Apparel to make the scarves.
Sales begin on Oct.
12.
For every scarf a customer buys, another will be given to a child who is vulnerable to cold weather.
The project combines reuse of materials with donations to children in need.
Hyundai Department Store plans to sell scarves made using filling recycled from customers’ donated padded jackets.
The company recovered 120 kilograms of recycled duck and goose filling from more than 1,000 donated jackets.
The scarves were made jointly with National Geographic Apparel.
Sales begin on October 12, and each scarf bought will be matched with one donated to a child vulnerable to cold weather.
The company described the product as a way for customers to combine value-conscious shopping with giving.
- Who
- Hyundai Department Store, working with National Geographic Apparel.
- What
- The company will sell scarves made with filling recycled from donated jackets and donate one scarf to a child in need for each one sold.
- When
- Sales begin on October 12; the announcement was made on October 11.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- The company said it aimed to offer a meaningful product at a reasonable price while enabling customers to support donations.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
고객이 기부한 소재를 재활용해 만든 의미 있는 상품인 만큼, 합리적인 가격으로 가치소비와 기부를 동시에 경험할 수 있도록 기획했다
Hyundai Department Store announced the recycled-filling scarf project.
Sales of the scarves are due to begin.
- Donated jackets
- More than 1,000
- Recycled filling
- 120 kilograms of duck and goose filling
- Production partner
- National Geographic Apparel
- Sales begin
- October 12
- Donation match
- One scarf donated to a child vulnerable to cold weather for each scarf purchased
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