Sustainability & responsibility
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General sustainability statement
Sustainability is important to Mantaraj. We’re getting greener every step of the way, while still providing you the quality products you deserve. Around 85% of all textiles produced by the fashion industry end up in landfills, making it a major contributor to environmental damage. What’s more, one in every five items produced by the fashion industry reach landfills without being worn even once. As Mantaraj works with on-demand suppliers for, we only produce items we get an order for, avoiding textile waste from overproduction. Our printing partner’s high-quality printing tech creates almost no wastewaters and uses less energy than standard industry printers.
What’s an eco-friendly product?
Apparel products in our eco-friendly product collection consist of at least 70% organic or recycled materials, or such material blends. All beauty products in this collection are natural certified.
To verify material content, we collect valid certificates from our suppliers. As proof of the organic composition of the apparel products, we only accept GOTS or OCS certificates. For recycled composition, we accept either GRS or RCS certificates.
We only accept the Ecocert COSMOS certificate as proof of the beauty product’s natural origin.
Information about the production of the products
Each product you see in our catalog is made on-demand—once you place an order, we produce it specifically for you. This allows us to avoid overproduction and textile waste, and we’re continuously working toward greener production.
Information about printing tech and materials
Our clothing is printed with the direct-to-garment (DTG) printing method. The printing tech we use is made with sustainability in mind, and our Kornit printers use almost zero wastewater and less energy than standard industry printers, lowering our carbon footprint.The inks we use for printing are vegan, water-based, and free of harmful chemicals. Mantaraj takes sustainability seriously, that’s why we take care to dispose of any left-over ink according to the ink supplier guidelines.
Statement about production times
Each product you see in our catalog is made on-demand, which means once you place the order, we start working to get it to you. It takes time for us to create and send out the product, but making each order on-demand allows us to avoid overproduction. This way we get to take care of you, and the planet we all share.You can check out our delivery times here.