Accounting for Sustainability
Textile Waste DAY
04.10.2022
Monash Business School | Accounting
in partnership with upparel
Textile waste day
Dos and Don'ts
Do Bring
Don't Bring
- Clothing items (jeans, shirts, coats, etc)
- Hats
- Wireless Bras
- Socks and stockings
- Shoes
- Linen (bedding, towels, tea towels, etc)
- Fabric mattress protectors (not waterproof/plastic)
- Fabric off-cuts and sewing scraps
- Fabric couch covers and curtains
- Bathers & Swimwear
- Wetsuits
- Duvets/Doonas
- Pillows/Cushions
- Unwashed items
- Underwear
- Carpet
- Bags (handbags, duffel bags, etc)
- Soft Toys
- Wired Bras
What is it?
On 4 October 2022 the Monash Community will have the opportunity to recycle their textiles.
Ensure your unwanted items have a second life through our unique reuse and recycling model and help close the loop on textile waste.
What do I need to do?
Simply drop your textiles in the black boxes provided at the event!
Campus Centre
When: 4 October 2022
10am-4pm
Where: The Sound Shell
(Middle of Lemon Scented Lawn)
*ALL ITEMS MUST BE CLEAN*
OUR Mission
Each kg we recycle prevents 3-4kg of greenhouse gas pollutions
Goal: 2,000kg recycled = 6,000-8,000kg of greenhouse gas emissions prevented!
We wish to play our part in reducing textile waste.
In partnering with UPPAREL, we will provide the Monash community with the means to recycle their preloved clothes.
UPPAREL is an Australian nonprofit textile recovery and recycling organisation. Together with their 104 partners, they have diverted over 800,000 kg of textile waste from landfill. Check them out here!
About Upparrel
Our Impact
2,000 kg
OUR GOAL
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It takes 2,700 liters of water to produce one cotton shirt. This is only one example of the significant impact the fashion industry has on the planet, highlighting how critical it is for them to move towards more responsible and sustainable practices.
What is sustainable fashion
Sustainable fashion refers to clothing, footwear and accessories that are produced and marketed in environmentally and socio-economically sustainable ways.
But why?