Nirmala’s Story

Did you know that when you buy a Goodweave certified rug or cushion at SUSSED you’re helping the millions of children like Nirmala? Hear the story of rescued child laborer Nirmala, who found a path to freedom and education through GoodWeave. Nirmala’s story shows that behind every number is a name, a face and a story. We believe every child deserves a childhood – the freedom to laugh, play, and learn.

The GoodWeave label means that no child, forced or bonded labor was used in the making of a certified product, and that your purchase supports programs that educate children and ensure decent work for adults. Here’s how it works.

SUSSED responds to the growing issue of plastic waste

A number of SUSSED's goods and gifts are made from recycled products – plastic bottles and recycled cottons - see below our NEW carpets, cushions, socks. (Biodegradable washing up and laundry liquids have been available to refill your old container for some time).

Super soft socks made from recycled plastic bottles:

Mega fluffy!

WOMEN’S MEGA FLUFFY SOCKS from £4.99 a pair

Recycled Polyester Socks by THOUGHT Size 4-7    

These fluffy recycled socks were once plastic bottles! Perfect with wellies or for cosying up at home. 98% recycled polyester 2% spandex.


If all the plastic bottles that are not collected for recycling in the UK each year were placed end to end, they would go around the world 31 times.

SEE OUR NEW RANGE OF RUGS WHICH INCLUDES:

Amazing Indoor/Outdoor Rugs - 100% PET yarn from recycled plastic bottles!

Easy to clean

When the first samples arrived of these soft and beautiful rugs, we simply could not believe that they were made from 100% recycled plastic bottles. They are indistinguishable from wool kilims. They are made by a clever process that breaks the bottles down into super-fine fibres that can then be spun into thread and yarn. Super versatile, these rugs can be used indoors or on balconies, decking or even as picnic rugs.

They are resistant to sunlight fading and can be easily washed clean with a hosepipe and dry in minutes. By helping to create a market for the recycling of plastic bottles and avoid them going into landfill or becoming litter this is a good thing for the environment. Recycling takes energy too but studies have shown that the overall environmental effect is very positive. If collecting the bottles provides some form of employment for street kids in India then that is also a positive outcome. 75cms x 135cms

Cotton recycled

Braided cotton recycled chindi rag rugs 90cms X 150cms £28.00 (matching cushions also available)

REDUCE AND REUSE – is the mantra, let’s have a circular economy.  Our traditional linear economy (make, use, dispose) isn’t working. Resources need keeping in use for as long as possible, obtaining the maximum value by recovering and regenerating into new products.

Indian Rag Rug 60cmsx 90cms £12.99

This heavyweight rag rug is thicker and heavier than our other cotton rugs and features multi-colour top stitching. It is made from 100% recycled cotton, the discarded cotton clothing is washed, dyed and woven into these colourful rugs. Available in 4 colours, blue, brown, green & red.

Sustainable Wales, our sister charity who founded SUSSED:
For regular news on these topics follow Sustainable Wales on facebook we also produce a daily round of news on our site and twitter feed.

Is the government getting it?

A plastic - free aisle in supermarkets is the government’s offer to reducing plastic waste – but serious encouragement is needed to close the loop in all processes creating long-lasting design, for maintenance, repair, reuse, remanufacturing, refurbishing, and then recycling.
 
Britain discards 2.5 BILLION coffee cups every single year, worse still just 1% end up getting recycled. And Costa gets almost half of all our spending in chain coffee shops across the UK, so its contributions to this waste are huge.

Nearly 1m tonnes every year: supermarkets shamed for plastic packaging (read the Guardian exclusive)

Recent headlines

GREENPEACE say that right now an estimated 12.7 million tonnes of plastic – everything from plastic bottles and bags to microbeads – end up in our oceans each year. That’s a truck load of rubbish a minute...
 

The government's environmental watchdog, the EAC (Environmental Audit Committee*) have today released a report recommending that a 25p charge is added to hot drinks served in disposable takeaway cups. This is a good thing for our oceans.