Fashion retailer Guess Inc has expanded its wardrobe recycling programme with I:Collect nationwide and revealed plans to roll the scheme out globally by 2020.
Part of a collaboration with I:Collect, a global solutions provider and innovator for the collection, certified sorting, reuse and recycling of used apparel and footwear, Resourced encourages customers to extend the life of their clothing and shoes.
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Initially launched in California in June, the programme will see consumers receive 15% off a full-priced purchase in-store or online in exchange for bringing in five or more items of clothing or shoes to any local Guess, Guess Factory, G by Guess, or Marciano store in the US.
The aim is to reduce textile waste and help create a circular fashion system where unwanted clothing and shoes can be reprocessed and used over and over again in a continuous closed loop production cycle.
Through I:Collect’s (I:CO) innovative retail take-back system and worldwide infrastructure, wearable items get a new life as secondhand goods. Unwearable items are resourced into new products like cleaning cloths or recycled into fibres for products such as insulation and new textiles.
“Guess has joined a global industry pledge to promote a circular fashion system – the idea that fashion should last, and be continuously repurposed, reused and recycled,” says CEO Victor Herrero. “Partnering with I:CO helps us achieve our goals and work on these initiatives to adapt our company and engage our employees, customers, and community on developing a more sustainable fashion industry.”
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By GlobalDataThe company’s commitment to circular fashion is part of the Guess Sustainability Plan that was disclosed in its independently audited FY16-17 sustainability report published last year.
