Textile Expert Advice

We learnt the rag trade from the ground up
Get you TEA from TRG
At TRG our experience grounds us and keeps us humble. We are committed to supporting textile and fashion ‘professionals-to-be’, sharing our Textile Expert Advice (TEA), to promote a culture of sustainability and innovation, and where end-of-life solutions are embedded in great design. But it doesn’t stop there!
TRG are passionate about engaging children in their primary years, teaching future generations the ‘why and how’ of textile waste, sustainable fashion and a circular economy. We welcome students of all ages to our offices for ‘show and tell’, where we break it down and in simple terms, teach all things recycling, reuse and upcycling to help tackle textile waste.

Primary & Secondary
School Learning

TRG works with teachers and schools to facilitate education around the importance of textile recycling rather than throwing uniforms or clothing away.

Supporting Bee Healthy Stories delivering resources for teachers by teachers.

Visit: www.beehealthystories.com.au

University &
Tertiary Programs

TRG supports facilitators of university and tertiary programs of sustainability, social and waste stream services. In Sydney and Melbourne TRG offers site visits for students.

Panel & Expert
Round Tables

With over thirty years experience in both fashion technology and industry knowledge TRG can provide holistic and commercial information to support the circular economy in textiles.

Textile
Recycling
FAQs

The main question we get asked, is what’s the difference between traditional waste streams and textile recycling? Well, a lot actually!

Traditional waste is disposed of in a skip bin, when full it is picked up and dumped into landfill. Recycling is quite different to this.

Textiles need to be identified by composition, contaminated garments are removed, then textiles are sorted into fibres and colour assortment. This is before they are cleaned, baled, shredded and spun back into yarn.

Recycling is a process. Outcomes include:

  • Recycled yarn for new textile products
  • Less stress on the environment, and virgin materials
  • Support of the circular economy
  • Waste becomes a resource

Our Partners – Working with educators &
innovators to support textile sustainability

Understand the
Impact. Be Part
of the Solution.

The TRG mission is to keep clothing and
other textiles out of landfill, whilst investing
in circular solutions for the textile industry.

Let's Innovate Together