Secure Disposal of Uniforms and Brand-Sensitive Items into Alternative Fuel

From workwear uniforms and branded clothing to linens, Kloth Cares, a fabric recycling movement operating in Malaysia and Singapore, offers specialised recycling solutions for corporations, fashion brands, as well as the healthcare and hospitality sectors.

Unlike the standard fabric recycling process, where garments are typically reused or distributed as second-hand clothing, corporate uniforms and branded textiles must be handled separately. Our solution, “Special Care Recycling,” is designed specifically to manage unwanted clothing and fabric items that are unsuitable for entry into the global second-hand market, in order to protect identity and brand integrity. Corporations also seek to prevent unauthorised individuals from impersonating personnel using stolen corporate attire, which can lead to various risks such as unauthorised access, fraud, or other criminal activities.

The Special Care Recycling service accepts corporate and brand-sensitive items, including the following:

• Branded corporate or luxury goods: Shirts, trousers, jackets, bags, shoes and leather goods with company logos

• Healthcare: Hospital linens, blankets, curtains, patient gowns and nurse uniforms

• Hospitality: Hotel linens, bedding, blankets, towels and banquet table covers

• Footwear: Safety boots and branded footwear

• Technical Wear: Cleanroom garments 

How Will These Textiles Be Processed?

Corporate uniforms and branded textiles are recycled as processed engineered fuel (PEF). Processed engineered fuel, a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels like coal and natural gases, is designed to harness energy from combustible materials such as textiles, plastics, cardboard, papers and waste timber for the cement kiln that requires high energy input.

Waste is collected, shredded, dried, and processed into alternative fuel in the cement manufacturing process, i.e., used in industrial co-processing, hence reducing waste, generating energy, and decreasing reliance on fossil fuels. 

PEF is composed of combustible materials, including textiles, plastics, cardboard, paper, and waste timber.

For companies that require extra oversight, Kloth Cares Special Care Recycling offers additional services, e.g., mutilation and dedicated trucks to ensure these goods are protected and shredded prior to recycling. Through the mutilation process, these goods are condemned as entirely unusable before baling them for PEF recycling. This service is available as an optional add-on.

The downcycling process of corporate uniforms and brand-sensitive items begins by: 

Why Your Company/Brand Should Choose PEF Recycling Stream Solution with Kloth Cares

• Guaranteed brand protection 

• Avoiding disposal at landfills or incinerators

• Traceability with recycling report and environmental certificate 

• Significant CO2 reduction 

• Support circularity goals

• Reducing the potential theft and misuse of corporate uniforms by non-employees

Basic Requirements For Special Care Recycling Method For Your Corporate Uniforms and Brand-Sensitive Goods

At Kloth Cares, we offer PEF recycling for all customers across Malaysia and Singapore. To support our processing efforts, this service is provided on a weight-based fee. 

Requirements:

1. Textile Assessments: Customers are required to provide clear photos or videos, estimated weight, type and condition of goods. 

   
   

2. Complimentary pick-up with minimum weight thresholds is as follows: 

   1. 185kg: Klang Valley, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor and Singapore. 

   2. 1,000kg: Perak and Penang 

      
      

3. Quantities below the minimum weight threshold are charged at the minimum rate value.

   
   

4. New customers are subjected to one-off handling and administrative charges. 

We offer additional services, e.g. mutilation for corporate uniforms or brand-sensitive textiles

Kloth Cares Special Care Recycling has at least 25 customers in Malaysia and Singapore. Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Elis Workwear Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., EXSIM Development Sdn. Bhd. and Axiata Foundation are some of the corporations that have securely recycled their corporate fabric goods under processed engineered fuel with Kloth Cares.

Looking to PEF Your Corporate Uniform or Branded Textiles?

If you are looking for a recycling solution for your corporate workwear or branded textiles, Kloth Cares can dispose of your goods in a proper and sustainable manner. 

Otherwise, check out our upcycling projects via the link below:

Upcycle with Kloth Woman Up

Drop us an email at ask@klothcircularity.com for more information. 

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About Kloth Cares

Kloth Cares is an environmental, economic, and social impact brand that aspires to become the catalyst of the textiles, clothing, and plastics circular economy in Southeast Asia and beyond. We are 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.

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