Do you know that every second and entire truck full of textiles goes to a landfill? Did you also know that a coffee waste plant can recycle thousands of kilos of coffee an hour into biofuels to help run buses? We didn’t! We learned about many such exciting and innovative sustainability solutions while speaking with Alina Bassi, founder & CEO of Kleiderly, who will talk at AsiaBerlin Summit 2021 on 5 October 2021. Kleiderly is a startup that recycles old clothes and other textile waste into new durable materials.
Alina is also the co-founder of Founderland, a community aimed to support Europe-based women founders who’ve faced obstacles tied to their ethnicity in their business journeys. A Chemical Engineer by education and entrepreneur by passion, Alina is a Google for Startups Female Founder alumna & joined the Forbes 30 under 30 class of 2020. Her mission is to lower the carbon footprint of the fashion industry and save tonnes of CO2 emissions. In an interview with Tech Sheroes for Good podcast, Alina talks about her move to Berlin, how it led to founding her startup in Berlin, and the challenges she faced as a woman entrepreneur. We also touch upon Kleiderly’s journey as a brand and how various Berlin-based accelerators helped Alina create a successful brand helping many major brands reduce their carbon emissions. Here are some edited excerpts of the podcast conversation. S1 E2: Alina Bassi Co-founder & CEO of Kleiderly(#2) by Tech Sheroes for Good