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I received an email yesterday from a college student interested in my used polyester string. He is offering to send me a container with prepaid shipping to fill and return. Fine with me. I guess the plan is to make polyester fabric from used tennis string. You can learn more at his site if you are interested: https://orobor.org/
Edit (About an hour later): I'm going to post the actual text of the message here because I may have misinterpreted the meaning of "pre-labeled shipping box" as prepaid shipping. I've removed his name from both the beginning and the end of the email.
To whom this may concern,
Happy New Year! I’m currently playing on Boston University’s tennis team. I am a founder in a startup company (https://orobor.org) that is specializing in repurposing used tennis string and turning it into sustainable fabrics and materials (particularly clothing).
We are currently partnering with tennis clubs/pro shops around the country to repurpose their used string in the following way:
1. Set up a pre-labeled shipping box with a trash bag in the shop/club.
2. The used string gets put in this box.
3. Once the box is full, collect the box and ship it to us for repurposing.
4. Replace it with a new one!!
The process is very simple on your end and I hope you consider participating in this mission to create a more sustainable practice in the tennis industry.
Thank you,
Edit (About an hour later): I'm going to post the actual text of the message here because I may have misinterpreted the meaning of "pre-labeled shipping box" as prepaid shipping. I've removed his name from both the beginning and the end of the email.
To whom this may concern,
Happy New Year! I’m currently playing on Boston University’s tennis team. I am a founder in a startup company (https://orobor.org) that is specializing in repurposing used tennis string and turning it into sustainable fabrics and materials (particularly clothing).
We are currently partnering with tennis clubs/pro shops around the country to repurpose their used string in the following way:
1. Set up a pre-labeled shipping box with a trash bag in the shop/club.
2. The used string gets put in this box.
3. Once the box is full, collect the box and ship it to us for repurposing.
4. Replace it with a new one!!
The process is very simple on your end and I hope you consider participating in this mission to create a more sustainable practice in the tennis industry.
Thank you,
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