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A recycling warehouse gets turned into a photo studio

Our distribution facility was transformed into a photo studio for one day to enable the photographer F.X. Brun to shoot part of his stylish photo...

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TEXAID and the Samaritans at the Luga

The Luga in Allmend, Lucerne, is the largest public trade fair in Central Switzerland. This year, TEXAID is joining forces with the Swiss Samaritans Federation...

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Swiss Recycling 2015 performance report

The huge benefit that recycling has on our immediate environment can be seen from the ecological study carried out by the Swiss trade association Swiss Recycling: In Switzerland...

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«Le marché des habits d’occasion» broadcast on 30.11.2014

The feature aired on French-speaking Swiss television channel RTS on 30 November 2014 investigates the recycling of used textiles by various collection organizations...

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New strong partners

We are delighted to welcome several new partners, who will be working alongside us to promote environmentally beneficial textile recycling:...

 

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TEXAID «schweizweit» on 3sat

The «Schweizweit» (across Switzerland) programme on 3sat/SRF featured a portrait of the work of TEXAID for viewers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland at 3.45 p.m. on Saturday 11 October 2014 (first broadcast). You can catch up on the programme at www.3sat.de/schweizweit

New outfit for TEXAID containers

The labels on TEXAID containers have been given a gentle facelift. Easily comprehensible pictograms now inform people about the types of textiles that can be recycled, provided that they are in a...

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TEXAID With Record Result

In 2013, TEXAID achieved a record result with exactly 35,004,722 kg. This equates to an increase of 804 tonnes or 2.35 percent compared to the previous year...

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35 Years of TEXAID – a Success Story

With the founding of TEXAID in 1978, the six aid organizations Swiss Red Cross, Caritas Switzerland, Winter Aid Switzerland, Solidar Suisse, HEKS, and Kolping Switzerland created a unique business model – the partnership...

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Professional Textile Recycling Creates Jobs

Only professional sorting will turn discarded used clothes into valuable assets. Assets that generate financial means...

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