Recycling, Upcycling & Downcycling

Recycling

Recycling describes an industrial process. Products are fed back into the cycle they were once sorted out of. Old materials are processed and turned into new raw materials, which gives them a new use.

For re.fashion, this means that leftover fabrics, buttons or zips from previous productions are taken back into the cycle and become new collections.
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Upcycling

Upcycling does without an industrial process. Used products, clothing for example, are upgraded and so gain a higher value than before. The raw material barely changes and stays fairly true to its original form, which saves energy and achieves a high degree of sustainability.

Our goal for re.fashion is to offer customers sustainable and unique clothing. We give garments hanging in our warehouse a new lease of life. #toogoodtowaste

Downcycling

A less well-known but equally important part of recycling is downcycling. Not all materials have the same quality after the recycling process. Old products are broken down into their basic components. The fibres become shorter or are mixed with new fabrics or fibres and brought back into the cycle in a completely new form.

The downcycling process ensures that raw materials are reused, which conserves resources.

For our OSKA collections we buy fabrics that have gone through this process, for example yarns made from recycled polyester. That makes our fashion #toogoodtowaste.