Details Held on 'The Hemp Trading Company'
| Title | The Hemp Trading Company |
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| Website Link | http://www.thtc.co.uk |
| Description (Often this information comes from the 'About Us' Page of the site. Sites can sometimes change daily so visit the site for the latest) | Some of the THTC range is made from 70% bamboo, mixed with 30% organic cotton. The company we source our bamboo fibre from has Oeko Tex 100 certification, which is an internationally recognised standard in sustainability. Bamboo is one of the few plants that grows faster than hemp, and as it comes from an interconnected subterranean root system, the plant is not killed, just the shoots harvested. The supplier is internationally recognised for its sustainable processes regarding not only harvesting but also production of the bamboo. The fibre is a bamboo viscose (as is 99% of the bamboo fibre found in the textile industry) meaning that it is an extruded fibre made in the same way as other viscose fibres, so there is a chemical and energy footprint, however the raw material is bamboo cellulose which is very sustainable The last range of men's bamboo t-shirts have been sourced from Continental Clothing, a London-based supplier. Continental have full certifications of all their fabrics on their website, which can be found on their website: Visit Continental Clothing's website •All factories that THTC uses comply with ISO 9000 standards – (international organisation of standardisation) The hemp is trucked to the mill for de-gumming and processing into fibre. No caustic soda is used during this process, keeping it as environmentally sound as possible. •The clothing is manufactured by people who receive full safety training, and belong to a labour union. The minimum age of employees is 19, the maximum age being 54. They work 8 hour shifts and have weekends off - (That’s more than us at THTC central!) •All our Hemp is grown on small family farms in North Eastern China. It is and always has been grown organically •All our certified organic cotton is also grown in China. This is a fledgling industry that THTC supports and saves the energy and expense of shipping in from Europe or India. •THTC now uses water based inks (comply with GOTS) with a discharge screen printing process for almost all new designs. |
| Products Can Be Found Where? | UK |
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