OUR STORY
We are on a mission to extend the life of kids’ clothing so that fewer new clothes need to be made, reducing our environmental footprint. And we do that by making secondhand shopping better for parents.
Meet Our Founder, Kelli
Bounce Mkt was founded in 2021 by a mom determined to change perceptions about used clothing and give parents a better way to buy and sell used children’s clothing. After learning about fashion’s huge environmental toll, Kelli sought out secondhand clothing for her daughter but was disappointed to find that many of the options were either inconvenient or unreliable. Bounce Mkt was created to fill this gap and give parents a way to shop secondhand that isn’t second best.
Why Does It Matter
The fashion industry is the second most polluting industry in the world, producing 20% of global wastewater and 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Clothing production is incredibly resource-intensive. As an example, it takes more than 700 gallons of water to make a single cotton shirt, which is the equivalent to one person’s drinking water for two and a half years.
Every second, the equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned.