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CPSC's Call for Designers

The California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that educates and advocates for producer responsibility and product stewardship to reduce the cost burden of managing waste problems at a product's end-of-life. Since 2020, the City of Los Angeles has initiated three phases of an industrial textile recovery pilot with LA Sanitation and Environment (LASAN) and CPSC.

Through this pilot project, CPSC has launched the Redesign Connection, an open call list of designers who meet the list of qualifications who can connect and network with interested brands directly. All qualified and interested designers will be added to the list. Brands/companies who are interested in connecting with designers with upcycling experience will be able to reach out to the open call list and work directly with designers for possible collaborations.

To be added to the Redesign Connection, you must:
  1. Be a designer willing to work with post-industrial and post-consumer textiles to make new products;
  2. Be a legal business in the City of Los Angeles with an active business license and W-9;
  3. Have past experience with upcycling.

Not all applicants will qualify for the funded opportunities. Selection does not guarantee on-going work, but that you will be added to our pool of potential contractors who will be chosen based on the needs of our various projects and as funds are available. The submission of a survey does not guarantee eligibility or selection for a funded opportunity. CPSC staff will contact each candidate to confirm receipt and evaluate eligibility.

While we may not have work available immediately, we encourage you to apply as we are always interested in potential partners for future grant projects and would love to add your company or service to our growing database. CPSC will share opportunities and requests for proposals directly to the Redesign Connection.

For more information, email info@calpsc.org
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1.Company Name(Required.)
2.Contact Information(Required.)
3.What type of company are you?
4.Do you meet the minimum requirements of an active business license and W-9 within the City of Los Angeles?
5.Do you have experience working with repurposed/upcycled textiles and clothing?
6.How many years experience do you have designing products using textiles?
7.In 1-2 sentences, describe your business, craft, and/or product.
8.What are you preferred materials to work with?
9.Which textile and apparel circularity strategies are you using? (check all that apply)
10.Are your sustainability claims certified?
11.If yes, your sustainability claims are certified, please explain
12.Please tell us more about any consortiums or working groups you are participating in to drive circularity in the textiles supply-system.
13.What type of products do you design or repair? (Check all that apply)
14.What sewing machines do you have available for use? (Check all that apply.)
15.We would love to see your work, where is the best place to do this? Please paste a link to a website, portfolio, social media account, etc.
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