Sustainability

As a small business, we are aware of the part we play in the ethical journey both ourselves and for our customers. We are always seeking to improve and make changes along the way, here is what we are currently doing:

Neon Marl has experienced rapid growth over the past 8 years, the business has gone from being a kitchen table, 1 woman business to now operating from a stand alone work unit employing 3 other incredible women where  our products are hand printed and packed before making their way to you.

Our dresses and jumpsuits are produced for us by a well established supplier who follow and in small batches 

All our employees work hours to fit around their own families and commitments and are paid well over the living wage. 

Our sweatshirt and hoodie base products are carefully sourced for their quality and amazing colour options.

The suppliers of these only use WRAP certified factories - WRAP is a non-profit organisation made up of global social compliance experts who are dedicated to promoting safe, lawful, humane and ethical manufacturing around the world.

To gain WRAP certification a facility must comply with WRAP's 12 principles which include prohibition of Child & Forced labour, limits on the hours of work and monitoring of the work environment to ensure health & safety rules are adhered to - www.wrapcompliance.org 

Our t shirts are made from 100% organic cotton.

As a print on demand business, we therefore limit the quantities of stock we need and only buy what we need and use.

Items that are less than perfect are used and sold in our Sample/Outlet sales. Worn returned customer items are washed and donated to local charities,none of them end up in landfill.

The cardboard boxes that our base products arrive in are reused to ship out wholesale orders or recycled at our local recycling centre.

Our packaging materials used to post out our orders are made from recycled materials and are fully recyclable.

We are on a mission to make clothing that makes you smile and you'll want to wear over and over again

Our founder, amber

SUSTAINABILITY

WHAT WE ARE DOING

At Neon Marl, being sustainable doesn’t mean compromising on colour options to design configurations. The suppliers we work with only use WRAP certified factories. WRAP is a non-profit organisation made up of global social compliance experts who are dedicated to promoting safe, lawful, humane and ethical manufacturing around the world. Having a responsible and transparent supply chain ensures that we can continue to promote and sustain safe working conditions and fair labour practices and not just meet environmental standards.

To gain WRAP certification a facility must comply with WRAP's 12 principles which include prohibition of Child & Forced labour, limits on the hours of work and monitoring of the work environment to ensure health & safety rules are adhered to - www.wrapcompliance.org.

Our bespoke print-on-demand business, enables us to limit the quantities of stock we need and hold on the premises at any given time and to only buy what we need and use.

Items that are less than perfect are used and sold in our Sample/Outlet sales. 

We pledge never to send any of our returns or unwanted items to landfill - these are washed and then donated to charity.

The cardboard boxes that our base products arrive in are reused to ship out wholesale orders or recycled at our local recycling centre. We also use biodegradable plastic mailing bags & 100% recycled pulp fibre tissue paper which customers can easily recycle at home, ensuring they too can do their part to help protect our precious planet.

SUSTAINABILITY

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Neon Marl base packaging, mailing bags and tissue paper are all recyclable. We encourage all our customers to do their part to collectively help protect our precious planet by adopting an environmental conscience. Please ensure that all Neon Marl packaging is disposed of correctly for onwards recycling and regeneration.

We hope that garments you have finished wearing are lovingly passed on or donated to charity.

SUSTAINABILITY

PRINTING

We print all of your orders on demand. This approach to our business means that we have minimal stock sitting around and can optimise our work processes while minimising our carbon footprint.

SUSTAINABILITY

PACKAGING

Currently the cardboard boxes that our base products arrive in are reused to ship out wholesale orders or given to our neighbouring business who shreds them to use for filling packaging. We also use biodegradable plastic printed mailing bags which feature the Neon Marl brand logo and icons. We only use 100% recycled pulp fibre branded tissue paper which customers can easily recycle at home, ensuring they too can do their part to help protect our precious planet. 

SUSTAINABILITY

MATERIALS

All the fabrics for our quality sweatshirts and hoodies have been carefully sourced and selected and are produced in WRAP certified factories.

Our t shirts are all made from 100% organic cotton.

ABOUT

OUR STORY

Neon Marl is on a mission to reduce waste by creating premium quality, personalised everyday essential garments that are made to last and feature our range of iconic signature prints. Our products are designed to look good & feel good and be worn over and over again.

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