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May 13, 2020
SustainabilityUPPAREL News

Our awesome community saved over 13,000kg of textiles from landfill in one month! Here’s how…

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May 5, 2020
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MANRAGS featured on Sustainable You Podcast

Recently our Founder and Director, Michael Elias, jumped onto the Sustainable You podcast to talk all things sock and textile recycling! Make sure you give it a listen ???? — https://www.sustainableyoupod.com/listen-now/episode/3bb2221e/episode-8-start-with-socks How do you take over 13

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April 22, 2020
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Manrags Will Now Collect Old Clothing And Shoes From Your Front Door

Published for Onya Magazine by Sandi Sieger on April 21, 2020. Original article here. After the success of their world first sock recycling initiative, MANRAGS are excited to announce the launch their Clothing Recycling Collection — allowing Australians to have old, damaged or unwanted c

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February 27, 2020
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Why we changed our packaging to 100% recycled cardboard

Do you know what your packaging is made out of, and how you can recycle it? It may seem fairly straight forward — but most packaging cannot be put into your recycling bin! One of the most common recycling mistakes is throwing soft plastics, such as plastic bags, food packaging or any &#8

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February 12, 2020
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WE’VE GONE PLASTIC FREE! ????

In 2019 we launched the world’s first direct to consumer textile recycling initiative, offering Australians the chance to send us their old and odd socks for re-use or to be recycled into new textiles (and earn a $20 store credit in the process!). In just four short months we’re al

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January 3, 2020
Sustainability

The Aussie company that is turning bread tags into wheelchairs

Originally written by ekko.world on 3 January 2020. Original article here. Are you a habitual buyer of bread in plastic bags with plastic tags? Save the tag for Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs! These pesky little pieces of plastic attached to your fresh bread aren’t trash. They are

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November 30, 2019
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Woolworths set to introduce reusable packaging by 2021

The Woolworths Group was named as the worst single use packaging offender in Australia in the most recent Break Free From Plastic audit, so their announcement to join TerraCycle’s zero-waste reusable packaging solution Loop is a timely one. But what does it mean for consumers, and will i

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November 2, 2019
Sustainability

ARE MUSHROOMS THE ANSWER TO BREAKING DOWN PLASTICS IN LANDFILL?

50 New Plastic-Eating Mushrooms Have Been Discovered in Past Two Years Originally written by Eleanor Hildebrandt July 12, 2019 for Leapsmag. Article here. Between the ever-growing Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the news that over 90% of plastic isn’t recycled, and the likely state of you

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