Transform your old socks into bath sponges at the Troc & mode stand at Monde Nouveau in Montpellier

Un atelier d'upcycling à Odysseum. Midi Libre – C. S.

L'association participe à la 5e édition du Monde Nouveau ce samedi 5 octobre à Montpellier au cntre commercial Odysseum.

Socks, fabric scraps and recycled clothing are displayed on the stand of the recycling association, Troc & Mode, in the “I can do it” Village. Marie-Aude Lenoir, the manager, runs a Tawashi workshop with two volunteers. A Japanese sewing technique that allows Jade, 11, to transform old socks into sponges for the bath and t-shirts are also transformed into bags. The little girl is new to sewing. "She has been taking classes for two years with the association", explains Marie-Aude. Like her, everyone can come and try it out all day long at the 5th edition of Le Monde Nouveau in Montpellier. Or on Rue de Substantion, in the Beaux-Arts district, where the association is located in Montpellier. 

Upcycling, a virtuous circle

The association's presence at Le Monde Nouveau was a natural fit. "We give a second life to children's clothes that have become too small. Donations are rewarded with points that allow donors to then buy bigger ones." A virtuous cycle that has been so successful that the premises have become too cramped to store the donations.