2. 100 billion items of clothing are made every year
½ million tonnes of textile microplastics enter the oceans worldwide every year 1% of clothing is recycled effectively
3 out of 5 t-shirts made today will enter landfill within 12 months A dump truck of textile waste enters landfill every
second
13 kilograms of fashion waste is estimated to be created by the fashion industry for every person on the planet,
every year, equivalent to a landmass larger than the size of France.
The Textile Problem
3. Solutions
SecureBrand® 240L Container
107cm x 58cm x 74cm (HxWxD)
SecureBrand® 660L Container
121cm x 137cm x 78cm (HxWxD)
SecureBrand® 1100L Container
131.5cm x 137.2cm x 105.5cm (HxWxD)
4. Our SecureBrand® Process
Avena Environmental – Our approach to recycling workwear / PPE
Tier1
Future Primary
& Preferred
Route
Tier2
Secondary
Route
Tier3
Route to avoid landfill, if the
two above are not
possible.
FURTHER LIFE PRODUCTS
Avena’s secondary route is to recycle the materials into the world again
via a range of different products. This involves sorting the materials &
once shredded down some materials can be then recycled into a range of
different products. This includes end of life products such as insulation,
geotextiles, partition walls & sound boarding.
RDF ENERGY
Finally, if the above two routes are not possible for these
material(s) & it is currently non-recyclable, the material
will be re-purposed for energy (Refu.se Derived Fuel).
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2
3
FULL CIRCLE
Avena’s primary and preferred route is a remanufacturing process to securely
shred textiles and use the broken down fibres to create the same type of
product as the original textile. This market-leading upcycling process is
currently in early R&D stages & pending patent status prior to being
commercially scaled and launched into the global market.
5. Full Audit Trail
Amount collected
Who it was collected by
Proof to say it has been recycled
where practical
Signed by your staff to prove we
have been
Date collected
Date the product was received by our
depot
Certificate to prove full destruction audit
trail
6. Summary of the SecureBrand® Solution
0% to Landfill Security
0% to landfill policy
Tiered approach to sustainability of
material – maximising recyclability
Unique solution, including sorting
process pre-shredding to upcycle fibres
where practical, all in the same process
Provision of lockable, secure storage
containers
Full audit trail provided
Collections conducted by security staff,
in CCTV & GPS tracked vehicles
The part you might want to know more about is how we determine what to do with the textiles.
This is broken down into our 3 TIER system ensuring a zero percent to landfill policy.
Tier 3 is our last resort for items that cannot be recycled because of the nature of the items like steel toe cap boots. We would shred the items and break them down to be used for RDF ENERGY.
Most items would fall into the tier 2 bracket. Items that are a mix blend of fibres. These will be shredded and recycled into a range of different products like insulation, partition walls sound boarding etc.
Our Tier 1 route is are primary and preferred route. It’s a remanufacturing process where we again securely shred textiles and use the broken down fibres to re-yarn and create the same types of products as the original.
This is still in r&d stages and a small amount falls into this, it is not yet available on a wide commercial scale. Any garment that is say 100% in composition i.e. 100% cotton, 100% wool would fall into Tier 1.
You would save 13kg Carbon and 1 litre of water for every Kilogram of textile waste that we take and recycle.
And finally just to summarise
We have a 0% to landfill policy, a tiered approach to the sustainability of materials and a unique solution to upcycle the fibres from the shredded items.
All our bins are lockable with a full audit trail provided and collections by our vetted staff.
So nice and simply the process
We will place a secure lockable unit on your site, where you just place your items inside the sack and into the unit
no need for separation or segregation that is all done on our side
we would then collect on a regular schedule and take it back to our depots for secure destruction and recycling.
