How Pre-loved Banquet Tablecloths Can Bring Smiles to Children: An Initiative by Kloth Circularity and Hilton Singapore Orchard

Singapore, October 30th, 2024 — Kloth Circularity is excited to announce its recent achievement in sustainability through an ongoing partnership with Hilton Singapore Orchard’s Green Hospitality Initiative. In this project, over 500 pre-loved banquet tablecloths from Hilton Singapore Orchard have been upcycled into plush toys that are presented to junior guests as part of their family programme themed "Where Dreams Begin", as a way to encourage sustainable practices and raise awareness about the importance of recycling and upcycling. This initiative not only reduces textile waste but also serves as a creative and meaningful gesture towards a greener future. It follows a previous successful initiative in 2023 where 870 pieces of pre-loved team member uniforms were upcycled into 5,000 pieces of plush toys.

The completed plush toys made from pre-loved banquet tablecloths

Kloth Circularity’s expertise in textiles and clothing upcycling into merchandise and gifts not only supports Hilton Singapore Orchard's environmental and social sustainability strategy, but also stays true to its standing as a global leader in sustainability for the hospitality industry. By converting pre-loved textiles into valuable products, Kloth Circularity demonstrates leadership in advancing circular economy principles, and it is well blended with the hotel’s commitment towards mindful steps to work towards creating positive social and environmental change across our daily operations, supply chain and communities. 

The plush toys are crafted by trained and incredibly passionate artisans from the Kloth Woman Up program, which empowers marginalised and vulnerable women with skills in upcycling textiles and clothing into various merchandise and gifts. “The Kloth Woman Up program fosters community development for women, as we are firm with our purpose ‘Rising with #SHEconomy’. Furthermore, Hilton Singapore Orchard’s continued support for a local and women-led social enterprise like us is an opportunity that we wholeheartedly appreciate.” said Nik Suzila Hassan (Suzy), co-founder of Kloth Circularity. 

Behind the scenes of the upcycling process by Kloth Woman Up ladies

Hilton Singapore Orchard’s Green Hospitality Initiative also aligns with Kloth Circularity's 5R philosophy of ‘Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle’. By repurposing pre-loved tablecloths into plush toys, Hilton Singapore Orchard not only addresses waste management but also supports Kloth Circularity’s mission to drive the textile circular economy and community engagement.

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For queries, please contact:

Adelyn Ghwee  

Head of Marketing & Communications  

Email: adelyn@klothcircularity.com 

About Kloth Circularity

Founded and formed on December 11th, 2013 in Malaysia, Kloth Circularity is a social enterprise that aspires to become the catalyst of the textiles, clothing, and plastics circular economy in Asia Pacific and the Middle East. To combat climate change and its impact, we are aligned with Kloth's 5R philosophy of the circular economy, ‘Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle’. Our core principles and business operations are aligned with the environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework. Kloth Singapore Pte. Ltd. was founded on August 8th, 2022.

About Kloth Cares

Kloth Cares, a brand under Kloth Circularity, is committed to being the preferred and trusted brand for providing effective, ethical and impactful waste management solutions in enhancing recycling rates, managing, and innovating textiles, clothing, and plastic waste with a renewed life, such as new products and resources with higher material value and purpose. Our approach is to establish value chains and develop movements with various stakeholders to divert waste from incinerators, landfills, and oceans.

About Kloth Woman Up

Kloth Woman Up, a brand under Kloth Circularity, advocates ‘Rising with #SHEconomy’ to improve the livelihoods of women from marginalised, struggling, and vulnerable communities by creating job opportunities. Leaving no one behind, we uphold our core values of bringing women from informal sectors

into the economy to earn fair wages. Our movement has benefited Malaysians and Singaporeans through training and hiring women to sew upcycled merchandise and gifts. The wonderful creations by these women are sold directly to customers (B2C) or corporations and institutions (B2B). 

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Website: www.klothcircularity.com

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About Hilton Singapore Orchard

Hilton Singapore Orchard is the largest Hilton hotel in Asia Pacific, exemplifying the best of the brand from its prime location in Singapore. Located in the heart of Orchard Road, Singapore’s famous retail and dining destination, the 1,080-room hotel is set to elevate Hilton’s signature service and culinary excellence to a new level. Ideal for business, leisure and family travellers, rooms and suites feature fresh botanical-inspired design, modern amenities and eco-friendly features for a comfortable and sustainable stay. The hotel’s world-class collection of curated culinary concepts includes residential all-day dining buffet restaurant Estate, a botanical-inspired lobby lounge and bar Ginger.Lily, and internationally acclaimed Californian-Italian Osteria Mozza, as well as one-MICHELIN-starred Shisen Hanten and award-winning local heritage brand Chatterbox. Weddings, events and conferences are on a similarly grand scale boasting over 26,000 square feet of function and meeting space across 16 versatile venues featuring natural daylight and state-of-the-art audio-visual capabilities, including two uniquely designed pillar less ballrooms for up to 800 guests. Visit hiltonsingaporeorchard.com for more information, and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.