Garment end of life solutions
Stuff4life
Stuff 4life use a patent-pending chemical recycling process engineered for circularity. This is the best choice for high visibility clothing, as garments can be recycled regardless of how dirty or worn they are (often pitfalls to mechanical recycling), and do not need to be sorted in varying colours.
Stuff4life’s process is proven to work and is used to process 100’s of kgs of product, and they continue to scale up. More investment is needed to scale this further – there is huge potential to support a project that will bring a circular process on a large scale.
No contract, pay by weight, not by bin lift.
Leo Workwear sent Stuff4Life samples for chemical recycling with excellent results:
Stuff4life, working with StaySafe PPE offer a service that aims to result in the smallest amount of waste possible, offering services that increase the life of the product drastically –
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Washing for re-use
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Repair, rebrand or even de-branding of garments
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Re-sale through a “Second Time Shop” of anything you don’t want back
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Repurpose – using garments to be made into other products
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Recycle – once all other avenues have been exhausted, Stuff4Life will recycle the product using their patent-pending depolymerisation process.
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Re-manufacture – the recovered monomers are used to make new good-as-new polyester to be used all over again.
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No-Landfill policy means that even non-polyester components and reject material will be sent for energy recovery and solvents recovered and used again.
No contract, pay by weight, not by bin lift.
When talking about garment end of life, recycling should be the absolute last resort, there are many other processes available…
We donated our entire first delivery of dog beds made from recycled Leo garments to our local Dogs Trust in Ilfracombe!
Avena
When dealing with products at the end of life, Leo Workwear have partnered with Avena, who are experts in securely recycling textiles and other items of PPE. Avena collect, destroy and recycle your (or your customer’s) textiles and PPE.
Expertise
Experts in recycling textiles, accredited and compliant to security and environmental standards
Consolidation
Collect and recycle multiple other PPE items, in addition to your high viz clothing
Security
All textiles are shredded to the point that they cannot be reconstructed, protecting your brand and your identity
Scalability
Tailored solutions, you select the unit sizes and the frequency of collections
Localisation
A large percentage is recycled within the UK, with the aim to move to 100%
Visibility
Full audit trail and destruction document issued for every collection so you can see the impact you’re having