The Quezon City Government, through its Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability Department (CCESD) and Small Business and Cooperatives Development and Promotions Office (SBCDPO), has partnered with the ANTHILL Fabric Gallery of Cebu in launching the QC-ANTHILL Textile Circularity Hub located in the Payatas Controlled Disposal Facility (PCDF).
With its theme “Unang Habi: Weaving Circular Futures Together,” the hub promotes community-based upcycling and circular economy fashion and education.
Transforming textile waste into a new and useful product, the facility has a showroom and production area equipped with weaving looms and cutting machines.
20 QCitizens have taken part in the first batch of the Circularity Hub’s Weavers-in-Training, a three-month comprehensive training program that involves sewing, weaving, and other sustainable techniques. Under the program, participants receive daily compensation, with 10 of them going through a 6-month probationary period before being offered full-time employment.
This initiative further extends to Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) by engaging them in sorting the textile waste.
ANTHILL Fabric Gallery is a social and cultural enterprise that aims to preserve traditional weaving practices and provide livelihood for women by collaborating with weaving communities nationwide.
Along with the QC Textile Circularity Hub, the city government has also started RePorma – a clothing donation and redistribution initiative that gives pre-loved clothes a second life, thereby reducing textile waste.
These programs are part of the QC Textile Sustainability and Circularity Program, boosting the city’s efforts to promote a sustainable, circular textile system that benefits the economy, the environment, and citizens by providing livelihood opportunities.
To know more about the program, kindly reach out to QC CCESD or QC SBCDPO. Also, follow the QC Gov Official FB page and website for other city-wide announcements and programs.
