About Rajut Nusa
Founded in February 2024, Rajut Nusa is a Sustainable Crochet Brand in Indonesia committed to reducing waste by upcycling plastic waste into unique handmade fashion accessories. As an eco-sociopreneur initiative, we transform discarded materials into meaningful pieces that combine style, craftsmanship, and environmental impact.
Background
Plastic garbage mountain.
Only 7% is recycled, from that 75% is PET (plastic bottles). Most residual plastic is not recycled.Â
1401 ton/day plastic bags used by Indonesians end up in the ocean.
What we do
As a Sustainable Crochet Brand, Rajut Nusa upcycles residual plastic waste into handmade crochet fashion accessories.
Our principles
Employ local artisans, tailors, and creative minds.
Maximize the use of waste materials, minimize energy and waste generation in the process
Low tech process, with simple and common tools, thus removing the barrier to multiply the project.
Value
Proposition
Unique
Use waste as resource,
creating unique pieces with
modern, contemporary, and minimalist design, to elevate its value.
Upcycling instead of recycling or downcycling.
Waste Utilization
We utilize as much as possible waste materials, minimize the use of new materials, and in the process we minimize our own waste.
Energy use is basically zero since we do everything by hand.
Fair Trade
We utilize as much as possible waste materials, minimize the use of new materials, and in the process we minimize our own waste.
Energy use is basically zero since we do everything by hand.
Impact
Environmental
Reduce waste leakage to the environment.
Replace the needs of fast fashion items with harmful effects to the environment
Impact
Social
Promote inclusion of the unskilled, uneducated, disabled people in the workforce.
Build a community of creative minds by striving to rethink, redesign, and recreate everyday products from discarded materials
Economical
Empower the underprivileged to lift their standard of living with freedom of working hours