Recycling, Reuse & Upcycling
Traditional textile skill meets modern innovation
Throw away no more – recycling, reuse & upcycling for the future
Now more than ever, we have a duty of care to the generations that will succeed us. As we and generations before us have depleted the planet of resources. Our responsibility is to develop solutions to address the environment’s imbalance. The only way forward is to utilise a mixture of skill sets and innovations, recycling, reuse and upcycling reuse materials.
Community Recycling
Supporting everyday Australians to dispose of textile waste!
At TRA we are helping individuals and families recycle unwanted household textile waste; clothing, linen and textiles. Greatly reducing the impact on the environment.
We connect directly with the public offering a fee-for-service solution that promotes suitability.
We also partner with local councils to capture and recycle textile waste, providing TRA Textile Bins at Community Day Events and on a recurring delivery and exchange basis.
TRA is at the ready to capture textile waste via returnable post, returnable box and textile bin. Sizes start at 5kg!
Retailer Recycling
The latest trend in fashion is – you guessed it, recycled!
We understand how fashion works, we’ve been in it our whole careers.
People adore fashion but the ugly side of beauty has always been waste and now there is a movement that is sustainable and innovative.
Recycling to then upcycle into new garments is the way forward for all apparel.
Uniform Recycling
Supporting school, active & work wear industries!
At TRA we are helping organisations keep unwanted pre and post worn uniforms out of landfill, greatly reducing the impact on the environment.
By upcycling uniforms, we are able to create a resource for new products. Uniforms are securely shredded and repurposed as yarn.
Many of Australia’s biggest brands are already committed to keeping school, corporate and workwear textiles out of landfill.
TRAKS
TRA’s recycling program for furnishing textiles & rugs!
Join the growing community keeping furnishings & rugs out of landfill.
A partnership between TRA and Circular Design Thinking, TRAKS supports manufacturers, companies and consumers to recycle and upcycle unwanted rugs and furnishing textiles.
Our Solutions for Textiles
Research and development of sustainable concepts allows materials a second life cycle by utilising textile waste as a compositional resource
Product concept for second life cycle
Type of textile for product is identified
Prototypes created of product
Products commercial capability tested &
Enters the market
Unwanted garments are processed then spun into recycled yarn for ‘new’ apparel. Making the fibres a valuable resource in fashion
Worn garments
are sorted