Upcycling Waste Into Fashion
Rebecca Yau, Founder, Ekha Langkawi
11-Jul-24 21:00
![Upcycling Waste Into Fashion](https://bfmcms.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/websiteimages/i-love-kl/2024-07-11_upcycling-waste-into-fashion/og_68291a87-17b9-4608-a812-263de68d6fc7.png)
Embed Podcast
You can share this podcast by copying this HTML to your clipboard and pasting into your blog or web page.
Close
Inspired by the waste found on the beaches of Langkawi, Rebecca Yau, founder of social enterprise Ekha Langkawi wants to make upcycling fun through arts and crafts by turning waste - primarily plastic bags and discarded cotton t-shirts - into sustainable fashion. With the launch of the Ekha Hub in Central Market earlier this year, they're aiming to conduct upcycling workshops, community programmes, and sustainable fashion retail to kickstart the movement towards sustainability. We speak to Rebecca to find out what it takes to turn trash into fashion, empowering communities with craft skills, and how you can do it at home.
Photo Credit: Ekha Langkawi
Produced by: Haniff Baharudin, Estelle Siow
Presented by: Haniff Baharudin
This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.
Categories: fashion, education
Tags: ekha langkawi, tote bags, sustainability, recyclable materials, recycled plastic, upcycling, sustainable fashion, langkawi, clutch, clutches, natural resources, environmental sustainability, central market,