UPPAREL

Maroondah City Council’s waste collection programme continues to be a stellar example of making recycling accessible to everyone. 🙌     Maroondah residents dropped off their old clothes to give them a new life. Regardless of if it’s a brand-new pair of jeans or your well-worn work boots, UPPAREL makes the most of all the items that come through our door. 💚     Our team meticulously sorts through thousands of items every day, with fit-for-wear garments distributed to our charity partners across Australia. The remaining items are transformed into one of our many circular materials like UPtex, our recycled rigid board. ♻️     If you’re looking to make it easier for your community to make the most of their used garments, follow in the footsteps of Maroondah City Council and reach out to us here - https://lnkd.in/gQfxqhtW

Are you ready to take responsibility for textile waste in your community? Then get ready for National Recycling Week, November 11th to 17th!♻️     Australia is the number one consumer of textiles globally – that makes it even more important that we do our part to reduce waste. Encourage community members to skip the landfill and give their old clothes a new life – from donating that near-mint jacket to recycling those well-worn jeans, UPPAREL makes the most of all the items we collect across Australia. 🇦🇺     Our team sorts through thousands of items every day, with ready-to-wear items going straight to our 450+ charity partners across Australia. For the garments that have reached the end of their usable life, we turn them into a range of circular materials – from filler fluff for couches to acoustic panelling for offices. Nothing that comes through our door ends up in the landfill and is all processed onshore in Australia. 🌏     If you’re looking to make it easier for your community to make the most of their used garments, we can help you set up collections to make textile recycling more accessible to everyone! 💚     Reach out to us here - https://lnkd.in/gQfxqhtW   #upparel #textilewaste #upcycling #australia #recycling #communityevents #circulareconomy

A massive thanks to the Optus volunteers who came and helped out at our Melbourne facility last week! Optus is no stranger to reducing waste – they've been recycling old mobile devices and accessories since 1998. However, textiles aren’t their area of expertise – that's where UPPAREL comes in! The Optus team got to work sorting through hundreds of items, picking out which garments were fit-to-wear and which were ready to be transformed into our range of fully circular materials! Everything that’s fit-to-wear is distributed to our partner charities across Australia, making sure that they don’t end up going to waste in landfills. Thank you to the entire Optus team for making an impact on reducing textile waste with us, we truly appreciate your dedication to making a difference!  If your organisation is looking to get involved, we’d love to have you join us for a volunteer day! Reach out to us here - https://lnkd.in/gQfxqhtW #UPPAREL #optus #sustainability #volunteer #circulareconomy

We’re thrilled to introduce an exciting range of high-quality promotional products, available exclusively to UPPAREL recycling partners for a limited time only! 🎉 Proudly made in Australia from UPtex ♻️ – our signature material crafted from recycled textiles provided by UPPAREL partners – these unique items can be customised with your company logo and are perfect for showcasing your commitment to sustainability. Imagine gifting your team, partners or stakeholders products that represent your efforts to reduce textile waste! 🌏 Best of all, every product in this range can be recycled into more UPtex at the end of their usable life – leave nothing to waste! 🙌 Orders close the last week of October, with delivery set for early to mid-December. Contact us for details on minimum quantities and pricing – don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to make a lasting statement! #upparel #uptex #textilewaste #upcycling #australia #recycling

Green Up Co have designed this incredible fitout for Fliteboards flagship showroom and headquarters in Byron Bay. Featuring a range of sustainable materials throughout, they've use UPtex as acoustic panelling and diverted the equivalent of 312 t-shirts from landfill - extending the life of these materials far beyond that of their original form. Congratulations to everyone involved, we look forward to showcasing more innovative projects that utilise UPtex in the coming months! Get in touch via www.UPtex.com.au to use UPtex in your next project. #SustainableBuilding #CircularConstruction #UPtex #CicularAustralia #Fliteboard #WellGroundedBuilding #GreenUpCo #UPPAREL #SustainableDesign

UPPAREL are hiring a Partnerships Account Coordinator! Are you a motivated self starter looking to make an impact? Join Australia’s leading onshore textile recycler and help our partners divert their textile waste from landfill. Apply now via the link below: https://lnkd.in/gGiz_WHB

🌟 Join UPPAREL's Corporate Volunteer Day and Make a Real Impact! 🌟   Join the ranks of companies like Paddy Pallin and Avery Dennison that are making a difference with UPPAREL. Our Corporate Volunteer Day goes beyond service—it's about sustainability and tackling the global textile waste crisis. Your team will be part of our onshore textile recycling process, sorting garments, supporting upcycling, and helping distribute clothing through our 450 charity partners.   Ready to make an impact? Join us at https://lnkd.in/gzN6-7Sh #CorporateVolunteering #Sustainability #TeamBuilding #CircularEconomy #UPPAREL

We’re thrilled to be partnering with Kmart Australia on their journey toward sustainability! 🌱   Together, we're making a significant impact by keeping thousands of old uniforms out of landfill by recycling onshore. Through this partnership, Kmart team members across Australian Stores and Distribution Centres can now recycle their uniforms and clothing at work. ♻️   At UPPAREL, we're proud to support Kmart in taking this important step toward a more sustainable future by taking responsibility for Australia’s textile waste at home 🙌

A big shoutout to the Paddy Pallin team for their incredible volunteer efforts last week! 🌟🌍   We had the pleasure of hosting two groups from Paddy Palin, who joined us twice to make a difference. Known for their commitment to sustainable outdoor living, Paddy Palin specializes in providing high-quality outdoor gear and clothing, helping adventurers explore nature while minimizing their environmental footprint. 🏞️🎒   The team dove into sorting and decommissioning tasks at our UPPAREL facility, helping us divert textiles from landfills. Over just two sessions, they helped us prepare hundreds of kilograms of textiles for reuse and recycling—giving these items a new life and keeping them out of landfills. ♻️👕✨   Tim Wood, Partnerships and Activities Coordinator VIC at Paddy Palin, shared his thoughts on the experience:   *“Volunteering at Upparel was an eye-opening experience, revealing the huge scale of fast fashion waste and the crucial role of recycling unusable garments onshore and distributing the usable garments to the correct places. The engaging, positive environment at Upparel made it more than just a feel-good exercise; it felt like a meaningful step forward for the planet. They provide you with everything you require and can answer any questions you might have. For anyone considering corporate volunteering, Upparel is the place to make a real, tangible difference.”*   A huge thank you to Tim and the entire Paddy Palin team for making an impact with us. Your dedication and enthusiasm were truly inspiring! 🙌💚   If your organization is interested in making a tangible impact, we’d love to have you join us for a volunteer day!   Learn more here: upparel.com.au/contact   #upparel #paddypalin #sustainability #naarm #volunteerday #impact #textilerecycling #MelbourneMade

It's a new financial year and we're thrilled to celebrate the 850+ companies, corporates, manufacturers and government entities committed to onshore textile recycling in Australia who have worked with UPPAREL over the past 4 years.   Thank you to our partners who have helped UPPAREL pave the way for innovative onshore solutions, taking responsibility for Australia's textile waste in country to maintain absolute traceability and transparency across our collection, sorting, reuse and recycling channels, ensuring sensitive or unusable garments are securely recycled.   For approved garments that can remain in circulation, UPPAREL sorts and distributes these to our 450+ charity partners, clothing people in need nation-wide and keeping high-quality garments in circulation in their original form.   Together, we've diverted over 2,200,000KG of textiles from landfill, reusing over 9,500,000 via our charity partners along the way. There are too many partners to thank in one LinkedIn post, so why not check out our partner page to see who's leading the way - https://lnkd.in/g-YPncXt   We look forward to continue to work side by side with our recycling, reuse and industry partners in the fight against #TextileWaste and supporting futureproof #OnshoreRecycling solutions within #Australia.   Looking to take the next step in your sustainability journey? Get in contact to found out more about our partner solutions - https://lnkd.in/gzN6-7Sh