Sustainable revolution: Six companies start textile recycling in Austria!

Sustainable revolution: Six companies start textile recycling in Austria!

A groundbreaking pilot project in Austria shows how sustainable circular economy works! Around 31,500 employees: Inside from Austrian Airlines, City Airport Train (CAT), ÖBB, Post and Wiener Linien merged to recycle their work clothes in an environmentally friendly manner. In the first phase, around 50 tons of textile waste are to be avoided annually, which corresponds to the weight of 170,000 shirts. Through this initiative, which supports global recycling day on March 18, not only reduces textile waste, but also creates a role model for other companies, such as ots.at reported.

The textile industry is one of the largest environmental offs in Austria with around 230,000 tons of textile waste in Austria. Here the six participating companies come in: through a common return system, used uniforms are collected at a central location in Lower Austria, sorted and brought to Germany and Portugal for further processing. The recycling partners take care of the recovery of the fibers, which can then be used as new yarns or filling materials. This model takes an important step for the textile -based circulatory economy in Austria, as the Viennese lines emphasize, which are also part of this pioneering project and at the same time pursue their sustainability goals. With over two million passengers a day, your transport network plays a central role in Vienna's future as a climate -neutral city until 2040, as the Viennese lines explain on your website.

The CEOs of the companies involved emphasize the importance of this project. Annette Mann from Austrian Airlines speaks of the need to reduce textile waste and create a second life for service clothing. Manuela Waldner from ÖBB also emphasizes that sustainable action goes beyond the construction of infrastructure and the recycling of textiles is crucial. Walter Oblin from the Austrian Post confirms that her service clothing consists of sustainable materials and actively contributes to resource protection. This innovative pilot project is not only a new dimension of the circular economy, but could also inspire other companies to take on sustainable practices, according to the head of the company.