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It was a thrill to be on one of my favorite podcasts @Pivot to talk with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway about Trashie. We also shared the big news about our Tech Take Back Box which is launching December 2nd. So excited to bring circularity to the mainstream stage. https://lnkd.in/egki83-a

It's official - Senate Bill 707 (SB 707), the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024 has been signed into law in California. This groundbreaking legislation establishes the country’s first Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) textile recycling mandate and creates a framework for the Fashion Industry to take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of products including repair, reuse, and recycling. The Trashie platform offers an excellent solution for brands and retailers who will need to meet these new requirements. We are proud to offer Apparel, Footwear, and Home Goods recycling through our Take Back Bag™️ program. The program is incredibly simple to set up and we've helped partners including Steve Madden, Marine Layer, ThirdLove, Bombas and Walmart launch and scale their recycling efforts. Their customers love recycling with the Take Back Bag™️ and together, we have recycled over 5M lbs of textiles in the last 12 months. If interested in knowing how to get started with your recycling program, please contact partnerships@trashie.io. https://lnkd.in/eqafXi2A

Our portfolio company, Trashie, announces their partnership with Steve Madden to bring Trashie's Take Back Bag and recycling infrastructure to Steve Madden customers. Customers can purchase and fill Take Back Bags with unwanted, clean textiles. Once customers send back the Take Back Bag, Trashie sorts the collected textiles and connects them to available recovery pathways, helping keep clothing out of landfill. Learn more here: https://hubs.la/Q02QCdNx0 #circulareconomy #fashion #textile #apparel #innovation #return #reuse #reuserevolution

I am thrilled to announce Trashie’s latest partnership with a brand many of you may know, Steve Madden Steve Madden customers can now find the Take Back Bag at stevemadden.com and after recycling their old clothing and textiles, they will receive a $25 Steve Madden credit. I wanted to send a huge thank you to the incredible team at Steve Madden for their commitment to circularity.  Partnerships like this one excite me because together, we are making meaningful progress toward a mainstream transformation.   Watch out for many more partnerships to come! #Partnership #Sustainability #Innovation #Recycling #Circularity

I’m proud to share that Trashie’s Take Back Bag sales have surpassed 500K in the last 12 months. We’ve collected 8.4M items saving 4.3M lbs from landfills, 42M lbs of CO2, and 446M gallons of water. When we debuted the Take Back Bag, we thought that it was something people wanted, something people needed. But the speed at which Trashie has taken off has been nothing short of groundbreaking. We’ve cracked the code on a joyful, easy, and rewarding experience that drives meaningful behavioral change at scale. And we’re only getting started. This milestone is a testament to our growing community, who are the driving force. Their participation in circularity and trust in us to keep as much waste as possible out of landfills motivates us daily. Trashie users span all 50 states, and while New York and Los Angeles are on the list, we see huge adoption in places like Ashburn, VA, Atlanta, GA, and Dallas, TX. 40% of our users are Zillennials followed by Millennials and Gen Z, which tells us that circularity is going mainstream. Our value prop is simple: Buy a bag for $20, recycle your old clothes, and earn rewards to use at cool merchants. However, the connected platform powering the system behind the scenes is complex. We get asked a lot, “What do you do with all the clothes?” So let's dig in. Misinformation is rampant and can be challenging to sort through.  Not all recyclers are the same and there are good and bad actors. TLDR: We strive to be the best.  A bit of background: The horrible piles of discarded textiles seen in photos are typically the result of “mixed rags,” often from curbside containers or leftover donations, being shipped blindly to offshore markets. EVERYTHING is thrown in together: winter, summer, small, large, kids, damaged, stained, coffee cups, etc.  When bails arrive, a small portion can be used. The rest is dumped. At Trashie, each item we collect is sorted onshore in our facility in TX and assigned to one of 253 grades with a documented category, size, quality, and material. The majority can be reused in their original form. We work with domestic and global markets to ensure the right things get to the right place at the right time and all products are tracked to their final destination. 70% of the world wears used clothing and extending the life of a garment can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 44%, so we prioritize responsible reuse where we can. Approx. 45% of our collected items stay in North America for reuse, 30% are exported for reuse, and 20% are broken down domestically for recycling.  Anything that is unable to be recycled is responsibly landfilled in the US. This efficient and detailed process means that we keep up to 95% of what you send to us OUT OF LANDFILL and avoid sending trash to other countries. We can’t emphasize enough why having transparency and control over sorting is important. Please send us your questions, feedback, ideas, and recommendations. Thank you for your continued support!

🌟 Partnership Announcement 🌟 I'm thrilled to announce that Trashie has partnered with Cider to launch the new #RECIDER Take Back Bag!! Cider customers can now easily recycle their old clothing & textiles in return for a $20 Cider Credit to refresh their newly decluttered closet. ♻️ I want to say a huge thank you to the Cider team for their partnerships, and for supporting Trashie in our mission to keep clothing and textile waste out of landfills. 🌍 Stay tuned for more exciting partnership announcements in the coming weeks! #Partnership #Sustainability #Innovation #WasteManagement #EcoFriendly

🌟 Proud Moment Alert! 🌟 We’re thrilled to be recognized among the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. on the 2024 Inc. 5000! This achievement is a testament to the incredible strength of the Trashie community. Your passion for sustainability and innovation has resonated nationwide and has inspired so many to join the movement. Together, we’re making a real impact—one step, one action, and one person at a time. Thank you for being a part of this journey and for helping us drive change for a greener future! 🌍💚 #TrashieCommunity #Sustainability #Growth #Innovation #GreenFuture #Trashie https://lnkd.in/ePuqSesX

If you haven't had the chance to check out past panels from @EMA 's IMPACT (June 2024), I highly recommend it! 👇 There are many incredible speakers and topics at the intersection of Entertainment and Climate. 📽 🌏 I'm partial to the panel pictured in this post: Waste Not. Wear Not. Want Not. (because I helped bring it to fruition 😉) Thank you, @ambervalletta @gabriellanevaeh Ayesha Barenblat Kristy Caylor, for a lively panel discussion and highlighting accessible solutions. I wish we had more time to delve deeper into this crucial topic (more time, literally and figuratively!) ⏳ While those of us in the industry are well aware of the significant issue of fashion waste and overproduction, many are not. 💡 Even this audience was unfamiliar with what was really happening, especially what to do about it and what solutions were available. It became clear that each of us has a role in fixing this. 💚 Thank you, Trashie, for providing bags for attendees excited to receive them! Don't miss out on the opportunity to get inspired. Check out EMA's IMPACT 2024. 💫

Trashie will #recycle all your old #clothes- & give you amazing rewards from HelloFresh, Allbirds, AMC Theatres & more https://lnkd.in/euA65SDf #CircularEconomy #Recycling #TextileEPR #TextileWaste #ClothingWaste #ApparelWaste

#supplychainsunday returns, and we're taking out the Trashie. If you're interested in keeping old, worn out clothes out of the landfill, look no further. As a young parent in the e-commerce age, the amount stuff that piles up in my house drives up the wall. From there, I hate seeing the amount of stuff that I send to the landfill. I've done a better job over the past five years of cleaning out my closet and donating usable clothes to local service agencies such as the Travelers Aid International or Full Circle Foundation of Grosse Pointe, but what to do with old clothes (shirts with tears, beat up towels, kids shirts with applesauce stains, etc) that are simply worn out but can be recycled? If you log-on to Trashie, there's an answer. You pick up one of these bags for $20 or so, fill it up with your old stuff, and send it back. Before you tell/make fun of me for paying double sawbuck to mail trash, I'll have you know there is a payoff. Once you complete the process, you get a coupon to shop on For Days, and you can buy eco-friendly home goods or clothes. Round trip, I was able to scoop up these shoes for around $50ish, and it felt good to get rid of some old stuff in the process. Businesswise, and Emily: let's put a pin in this one... this is some Acquired stuff coming through! My guess is getting people to pay for the trash bag is the equivalent of the Costco Wholesale membership: by making that downstroke for the bag, I'm much more likely to want to spend money at their store, whether I need these shoes or not. David & Ben: we might need your help on this one sooner than later! #crefam & #brokerpals: Conrad Jeffrey Maggie Danielle Fly George Randy Adam Gabe Kurt Sean Natalie Alex Heather Scott Brendan Annette Jack Sam Mark Ben Mark JP Patrick Gerard Marc DJ Ryan Ken Jarrod: I recommend giving this a shot. Worst case scenario, you still got rid of some junk, which always feels good. #ccim #sior #savills #detroit