Wetsuit Outlet launches closed-loop Wetsuit recycling programme – Circular Waft
LONDON, OCTOBER 10, 2022 — Wetsuit Outlet, Europe’s leading watersports specialist, at present time announced the birth of a closed-loop recycling programme for wetsuits, making it the principle ecommerce watersports retailer in Europe to have an effect on so.
Wetsuit Outlet has partnered with Circular Waft, a chief in neoprene recycling and manufacturing to birth the carrier.
Launching within the UK first, and extraordinary to participants of their loyalty programme (WSO+Rewards), the initiative aims to minimize the 8,000 heaps of neoprene – approximately one million wetsuits – that crawl to landfill every person year, and reuse the neoprene to develop recent products.
Neoprene is an exceptionally demanding topic topic to recycle, and till now most raze topic topic injure up in landfill, and not using a different readily obtainable at scale. Except now.
Why is this blueprint considerable?
As a replacement of going to landfill, neoprene products can be recycled and reused by Circular Waft, lowering carbon emissions and raze.
Earlier smaller scale schemes fill inclined recycled sheets in objects a lot like yoga mats and playground security mats. They aren’t always in a position to employ 100% of the returned neoprene with the ensuing products now no longer always of enough topic topic property for employ within the cruel prerequisites of chilly water.
The Circular Waft job enables neoprene to be recycled several times and, in working with Wetsuit Outlet, brings colossal scale circularity a step closer with a extra sustainable and environmentally pleasant job than other schemes previously readily obtainable at scale.
Sean Hastings, CEO of Wetsuit Outlet and its parent, B2C Distribution team, commented:
“As Europe’s leading watersport specialist, we snatch sustainability significantly, as impact our clients. As one of many ideal wetsuit outlets globally, we are contented to birth WSO+Recycle and relief our clients impact their bit to minimize raze.
Now we fill loads extra to have an effect on, however we are extremely ecstatic to be working with Circular Waft to raise neoprene recycling to our colossal buyer execrable.”
Georgi Marinov, Founder and CEO of Circular Waft, commented,
“After six years of intensive research and overcoming many obstacles, I am contented to be partnering with Wetsuit Outlet to kickstart neoprene recycling at scale. With our skills and Wetsuit Outlet’s skills and scale, together we can construct an true impact on lowering neoprene raze. ”
Extra info could well moreover be chanced on at:
https://www.wetsuitoutlet.co.uk/recycle.php
https://www.wetsuitoutlet.co.uk/eco.php
For extra exiguous print, contact:
Gemma Carver
Customer Director, Wetsuit Outlet
gemma.carver@b2cdistribution.com
About Wetsuit Outlet
Wetsuit Outlet is Europe’s leading watersport specialist, with a mission to get extra on and within the water.
Basically based in 2004, Wetsuit Outlet partners with over 100 high manufacturers across surf, kayak, boardsports and crusing the place aside it is rated the No1 retailer on TrustPilot.
Wetsuit Outlet is fragment of the B2C Distribution team, an e-commerce specialist serving clients in 65 markets worldwide across watersports, equestrian and nation sports.
About Circular Waft
Circular Waft’s mission is to have an effect on the sustainable world round economic system for neoprene raze and pause the ecological anguish prompted by the enormous majority of neoprene going to landfill.
The skills and manufacturing job which makes this mission a actuality was developed by Circular Waft’s founder, Georgi Marinov, who sought a formula to many times recycle wetsuits and neoprene products.
Lately’s efficient and sustainable resolution to recycling neoprene is the outcomes of six years pattern in partnership with The College of Chemical Expertise and Metallurgy in Bulgaria and funding from the Innovation Norway fund.