Stories
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People and places
Who is doing the work, and what local reuse infrastructure surrounds them?
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Materials in motion
Where materials come from, how they are sorted, stored, cleaned, deconstructed and remade.
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Economics of reuse
Labour, pricing, scale, margins, grants, cooperatives and viable business models.
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Skills and transmission
Repair, pattern-cutting, deconstruction, sorting, teaching and community knowledge.
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Systems and gaps
What is missing locally, regionally and internationally—from collection to processing to markets.
Practice Profile
30 October 2026
Königstein im Taunus, Germany
Melissa Ferreira Schwager of Adhesif Clothing on 23 years of upcycling: sourcing vintage textiles, zero-waste patchwork, botanical printing and pricing handmade work.
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