whalalang gawa

the numbers behind the name

Every wrapper we save, we track.

"Gawa" is action — and action is easier to trust when it's counted, not just claimed. Here's a running tally of the plastic we've diverted into wearable pieces instead of the trash.

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Wrappers upcycled
Chip, candy & pouch wrappers reused since we started
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Pieces handmade
Earrings, stitch markers & keychains sold to date
0
Plastic diverted
Estimated weight kept out of landfill
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Product lines
Ways we've found to give plastic a second life
Note: these numbers are placeholders so you can see how the tracker looks and feels — swap in your real running totals whenever you're ready (we can wire this up to update automatically from your order data later, too).

What actually goes into a piece

Every product is tagged by the kind of plastic waste it's built from, so you know exactly what you're wearing and where it came from.

🍫 candy wrapper foil 🥤 juice pouch plastic 🍟 snack/chip wrapper film 🧵 scrap yarn ends ♻ mixed resin-cast scrap
why we track this

Small numbers, said honestly

We're a small, hand-run shop — not a factory, and not a big sustainability program. The numbers above aren't meant to sound impressive. They're meant to be accurate, updated batch by batch, wrapper by wrapper.

If a wrapper doesn't work its way into a finished piece, it doesn't count. If a piece doesn't sell, we don't claim the plastic as "saved" yet. This tracker grows exactly as fast as our workbench does.

Green upcycled clay pieces before being shaped into earrings