COUNCIL SERVICES
Services offered to councils utilise a wide variety of circular waste streams. Offered only to councils in Sydney at present, it is our goal to engage and train local disability enterprise partners and keep the jobs, resources and manufacturing innovations onshore and geographically close to each council. See below an overview of the service provided by us for Mosman Council and residents.
STEPS FOR COUNCIL
The Circular Centre is proud to work with Mosman Council as the first council in Australia to divert their resident's textile waste away from both landfill and prevent from being shipped offshore.
Mosman residents can download the RecycleSmart App and book a curbside collection of a wide variety of waste items including their "good" clothing that is donated to Vinnies and "unwearable" clothing and homewares including difficult items like bras, underwear, socks and old linen that are normally put in a rubbish bin.
View our "How-to" video created by Contrast Media and see steps below to learn more about our textile waste offered to councils.
FIRST STEP. Collect from residents & community groups. RecycleSmart pick up service in Sydney only. Community groups can arrange own transport.
STEP 2 - the unwearables & denim is delivered to the closest Australian disability enterprise to sort, collect data, dismantle & rebale
STEP 3. REPURPOSING STREAMS
We currently have 18 circular streams in Australia where we repurpose every waste material plus the packaging into other products. Streams include buttons, zippers, elastic, synthetic mixed textiles, wool, cotton, denim etc. See below for example streams.
Where possible, we offer a Take-back Service where our product are given a unique QR Code to follow the materials. We encourage users and customers to then return the product so it can re-join our circular streams ensuring its still kept out of landfill.
STREAM #1 MIXED. All fibres including synthetics are repurposed into high quality products eg. carpet tiles, underlay, sound proofing, acoustic panels
STREAM #2. Sporting equipment and shredded material for furniture & fillers.
STREAM #3&4. CIRCULAR DENIM. 2 TAFE SYDNEY COURSES WILL USE CAPTURED DENIM TO REDESIGN READY-TO-WEAR GARMENTS. SCRAPS ARE REPURPOSED VIA STREAMS 1&2
STREAM #5. UNDERWEAR, SOCKS. Set aside & sent to commercial laundry service then destroyed & becomes fine filler. Mid 2021 to go to Steam #1.
STREAM #6&7. WOOL. Felting-type process & reused in exhaust fans, commercial laundry machinery & high-end blankets. Soon packaging & knitting yarn..
STREAM #16. INTERIOR DESIGN FABRICS DONATED BY STYLECRAFT ARE REPURPOSED INTO SORTING BAGS FOR THE DISABILITY ENTERPRISES
STREAM #8 BRAS TO REPLAY - A SYDNEY BASED CHARITY WHO DONATE TO ABORIGINAL & AFRICAN COMMUNITIES
STREAM #16 DEADSTOCK GARMENTS NOT FOR DESTRUCTION . Garments that may be used for redesign and reuse are donated eg veils for bridal wear.
OFFERED AS AN OPTIONAL EXTRA
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Clients can also work with Contrast Media to create a promo video of your company or council transitioning to zero waste using circular economy principles & ticking off many UN SDGs.
AT THE END OF USE, WE CAN TAKE BACK AGAIN TO HAVE ZERO SENT TO LANDFILL
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The Circular Centre is situation on Gadigal people's land in Eora Country, Sydney Australia. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, culture and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. It always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
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