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18 Apr/2016

TEXAID at the Zürich Marathon

Sunday 24th April 2016 is the date for the 14th Zürich Marathon. This year, TEXAID is once again organizing a used clothes collection at the Event.

04 Apr/2016

REVANT brand dropped – in-shop collection system remains in place

Since 2013, TEXAID has offered in-shop collections in collaboration with selected clothing stores, enabling customers to donate used textiles while shopping. So far, this has been run under the REVANT brand.

09 Feb/2016

Industrial cleaning cloths made from used textiles

TEXAID now offers a wide product range for companies and businesses that use high-quality industrial cleaning cloths for professional cleaning.

11 Jan/2016

TEXAID collection points at Charles Vögele

Anyone looking around for a new outfit at Charles Vögele can at the same time also get rid of their old clothes there and receive a voucher to the value of ten Francs. In collaboration with TEXAID, the Swiss fashion company is getting involved in finding the best way to recycle unwanted textiles.

09 Dec/2015

TEXAID collecting sacks part made from recycled material

The famous red-and-white TEXAID collecting sacks are pushed through mailboxes every year and herald the next street collection. For the sake of the environment, these are now made in part from recycled material.

13 Oct/2015

Toys for children in Haiti

Time and again we receive not just textiles but also used toys at our sorting facility in Schattdorf. We give those in good condition to the central aid supplies facility, a project of the '3HF Stiftung' foundation in Switzerland. They in turn pass on the toys to needy families with children in Haiti.

More information about the central aid supplies facility can be found at www.hilfsgüterzentrale.ch.

24 Sep/2015

Textile recycling as a topical subject for study

In collaboration with the Practical Environmental Protection Foundation (known by its German acronym PUSCH ), TEXAID has compiled a study dossier to teach middle school and high school students about the role played by used clothing in the global use of resources.

01 Sep/2015

TEXAID in western Switzerland is moving

From 1st September 2015 onwards, the TEXAID location in western Switzerland will be in Yverdon. TEXAID is moving into the new offices along with STRID, who take care of refuse disposal in over 64 communities in Vaud Canton, and other companies.

31 Jul/2015

TEXAID joins the Gemeinschaft für textile Zukunft

On 1st July 2015, TEXAID joined the Gemeinschaft für textile Zukunft - GftZ (Future of Textiles Association). The GftZ has set...

14 Jul/2015

CONTEX launches new website

Our subsidiary CONTEX is launching a new homepage to present the company to the general public. CONTEX operates around 1,600 textile containers throughout Switzerland with a strong network of regional partners. Take a look at www.contex-ag.ch and find out everything there is to know about CONTEX, its collection methods, sustainable textile recycling and the social aspect of the company's activity.

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