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Secure Workwear Recycling

Uniforms and other branded textiles with company logos or identifying marks must be handled securely to protect your brand and intellectual property rights. Recorra has developed a Secure Workwear recycling service to give your workwear a second life without compromising your brand.

Our process means many of your old garments can be repurposed. Anything that can’t be reused will be sent for energy recovery, giving you a complete zero-to-landfill guarantee.

Our secure workwear recycling service

240L lockable bin

Colour-coded, lockable bin for your discarded workwear items.

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What can go in your secure workwear recycling?

Many organisations provide branded garments to their employees which they are required to wear whilst undertaking their role. Uniforms include items such as t-shirts, trousers, hats, coats, PPE and much more. Often branded and colour coded they act as an identifying marker of your staff and business.

However, in the wrong hands, misuse of your uniforms could cause reputational damage. That’s why we securely dispose of your uniforms whilst also recycling them where possible.

Yes please

Shirts, including polos
Jackets and Coats
Trousers
Accessories, including hats

No thanks

PPE
Shoes
Non-branded clothing

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How Does the Secure Workwear Recycling Service Work?

A key and lock will be delivered with your bin.

Store unwanted workwear in a secure location within your workplace

Advise your staff on how to dispose of their used uniforms properly. Your textiles can be in a plastic bag or loose inside the bin.

Ensure your container remains locked when not in use

Recorra collects textiles on a 14-week minimum schedule (we can collect more frequently where required or do a one-off collection).

Await collection

Your lockable bin will be exchanged upon collection, and your textiles stored at our Secure Shredding Unit (SSU).

Await your Certificate of Destruction

After collection, your textiles will be sorted and transported to our UK-based recycling partner, where they will be shredded in compliance with BS EN 15713.

Be secure in the knowledge that clothes are repurposed or incinerated

Items made up of over 40% natural fibres will be repurposed. Clothing made from 39% or less natural fibre are sent for incineration at an Energy-from-Waste facility.

What are the recycling options for workwear recycling?

Over 40% natural fibres

After shredding, items are repurposed and used for insulation products. Fabrics are good insulators because air is trapped between the fibres, which slows down heat loss. This insulation will be used in residential and commercial buildings, bringing down energy usage.

39% or less natural fibres

Items will be sent for incineration to generate energy after shredding, fulfilling our zero–to–landfill guarantee.

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Only staff vetted to BS 7858 will collect your textiles. Your lockable bins are taken to our secure shredding unit, before being shredded in compliance with BS EN 15713. You will be provided with a Certificate of Destruction to confirm this. We are also members of the British Security Industry Association.
Only staff vetted to BS 7858 will collect your textiles. Your lockable bins will be taken to our Secure Shredding Unit (SSU) and shredded in compliance with BS EN 15713. You will be provided with a Certificate of Destruction to confirm this.
The condition, quality, and type of the material will determine how your textiles are used. Items made from synthetic fibres (or less than 40% natural fibres) are more challenging to recycle due to their chemical composition and therefore may be sent for incineration after secure shredding.

Interested in purchasing sustainable workwear for your business?

Through our Workplace Supplies arm, your business can now purchase fully recyclable workwear.

Contact our workplace supplies team here.

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