MAES HANDMADE is a conscientious retailer of Hair Accessories focused on delivering fashion, quality, cost and convenience to customers without compromising the health of our planet. The fashion industry produces more emissions than all international flights and maritime shipping combined by importing items produced in third world countries. Up to 85% of textiles go into landfills each year, equiv
alent to one garbage truck full of clothes every second*
*United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
How are we making a difference?
• MAES source raw materials from UK suppliers, hand make everything locally and only sell our products to UK customers, significantly reducing our waste emissions impact to near zero.
• MAES prioritise the use of sustainably-grown materials, reuse fabrics in circulation and recycle 95% of all off-cuts through craft orientated products significantly eliminating our landfill waste.
• MAES operate a 98% plastic free production and ship all our goods in biodegradable paper packaging. *2% plastic is used in elastic fibres and fabric glues.
• MAES pay all of our staff 10% above the 2021 UK London living wage with full autonomy to work around their young families. Get on board with MAES HANDMADE today, a TRULY sustainable business that cares.
