Rachel Kibbe

Founder & CEO, Circular Services Group · 2 appearances on the record.

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Rachel Kibbe advises global brands, retailers, and governments on textile circularity, waste reduction, and extended producer responsibility legislation. Earlier in her career, she founded the ethical fashion boutique and textile collector HELPSY and co-hosted the sustainable fashion podcast Hot Buttons.

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The record, in short

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Assertion Supported

Kibbe: Apparel demand for recycled plastic forces bottle makers into virgin plastic

“The textile industry has been siphoning off recyclable plastics from the bottle industry and making recycled plastics for bottles. The prices of that commodity go up. Which increases the need for virgin plastics for the bottle industry.”

Rachel Kibbe Jul 5, 2022 ▶ 5:47 Hot Buttons: Is recycled plastic clothing a lie?

What they said6 Episodes2

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Assertion Supported

Kibbe: Apparel demand for recycled plastic forces bottle makers into virgin plastic

Rachel Kibbe Jul 5, 2022 ▶ 5:47 Hot Buttons: Is recycled plastic clothing a lie?

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Kibbe: No scaled infrastructure exists to recycle plastic textiles into new textiles

“Once a plastic goes into a textile right now whether it's virgin plastic or, right, recycled plastic from bottles, it's not, we don't have the infrastructure or the sorting capabilities or any of really the technology at scale to turn that back. Into a new tex…”

Rachel Kibbe Jul 5, 2022 ▶ 4:37 Hot Buttons: Is recycled plastic clothing a lie?

Opinion

Kibbe: Unable to Find Faults in Patagonia's Climate Trust Structure

“I mean, obviously, I had to sort of look into it a little bit before I totally celebrated it, and there's already been some criticism, but I just, I still am looking to poke holes in this, and I really can't, given the structure that They've chosen in the soci…”

Rachel Kibbe Oct 5, 2022 ▶ 4:08 Patagonia’s founder gives away the company for climate

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Kibbe: 501(c)(4) Structure Lets Patagonia's Successor Org Lobby and Fund Politics

“And then also, he's going to be a five oh one C four, which is not only, which is different than the traditional five oh one C three structure that most nonprofits are, which means they're also going to be able to lobby and give money to political causes, whic…”

Rachel Kibbe Oct 5, 2022 ▶ 9:33 Patagonia’s founder gives away the company for climate

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Kibbe: Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard does not use a cell phone or email

“And this is a man who to this day does not use a cell phone or email.”

Rachel Kibbe Oct 5, 2022 ▶ 5:07 Patagonia’s founder gives away the company for climate

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Kibbe: Patagonia shifted giving from 10% profits to 1% total sales

“In fact, after he made that statement to, that poser statement to his employees, he switched from giving 10% of their profits to grassroots environmental organizations to What is now fairly common, but was fairly revolutionary at the time, one percent of their…”

Rachel Kibbe Oct 5, 2022 ▶ 6:24 Patagonia’s founder gives away the company for climate

Appearances (2)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Patagonia’s founder gives away the company for climate	Oct 5, 2022	6m
Hot Buttons: Is recycled plastic clothing a lie?	Jul 5, 2022	9m

Rachel Kibbe

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