ImpacTex NZ, Penrose (2026)

23/03/2026

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬?

For Kathmandu, that question has been part of the design process for decades. Built on a philosophy of connecting with nature, Kathmandu has woven ground-breaking sustainable initiatives throughout their garments and lifecycle processes for decades.

As a leader in lifestyle apparel, they view every stage of a garment’s life as an opportunity - opting for recycled, natural or carbon- positive materials in manufacturing, designing products for longevity. And when garments finally reach the end of their wearable life, Kathmandu partners with ImpacTex to ensure those materials can be responsibly recycled and kept out of landfill.

We are excited to say that this partnership is only getting bigger and better- with 8 stores across the upper North Island offering recycling to their communities including Kathmandu Queen Street, Botany, Waitakere, Sylvia Park, Newmarket, Tauranga CBD, Tauriko and Te Rapa.

Read more about Kathmandu's impact here:
https://www.kathmandu.co.nz/pages/our-impact

09/02/2026

AS Colour truly back local circular innovation, being avid proponents of our onshore recycling and recovery solutions for NZ's textile waste. To support their community, AS Colour proudly offer a free-to-use ImpacTex recycling station to the public in select stores- and the initiative is only growing, with the addition of a Mount Maunganui drop-point 👏

We want to highlight AS Colour for doing the right thing, for the right reasons- taking any and all garments, including those from other brands. Because of their dedication to real impact, AS colour stores directly led to 1,735KG of garments donated to local charities in 2025, and well over 3,000KG recovered and recycled. This, alongside their many responsible sourcing and waste reduction initiatives, reflects a true drive to leave a positive impact on the planet.

Here are the AS Colour stores where you can drop your unwanted garments:

AS Colour Albany
AS Colour Ponsonby
AS Colour High St
AS Colour Mt Eden
AS Colour Newmarket
AS Colour Sylvia Park
AS Colour Manawa Bay
AS Colour Westgate
AS Colour Mt Maunganui

Read more about AS Colour's social responsibility here: https://www.ascolour.co.nz/social-responsibility

20/01/2026

Punch with Purpose! 👊
You may not see it on first glance, but there is something very different- special- about these boxing bags.

When you purchase one, you’re not just buying a bag. You’re:
♻️ Diverting textile waste from landfill
🤝 Providing meaningful paid employment to our neurodiverse and differently abled whānau
🌿 Supporting an onshore sustainable initiative
🤜 Making every punch have a positive impact.

They are the cumulative result of months of collaboration between NZ Boxer, Rebel Sport NZ, Will&Able and ImpacTex - with the goal of delivering a punching bag that creates value for the environment and our community.

Each bag is filled with New Zealand textile waste that was destined to go straight to our landfills, with a staggering 20 tonne+ diverted so far. ImpacTex collects and prepares these materials for their next life, and the will&able team expertly pack them into the boxing bags, providing important work to their neurodiverse and differently abled team.

We couldn’t be more chuffed about this perfect collab, bringing together the things we value most- good people, transforming everyday items into positive social and environmental impact, and backing local innovation and manufacturing.

If this story inspires you to think differently about the everyday products in your industry, have a think- what could I reinvent to be Better?

21/12/2025

As we wrap up year 4 of operation, our team at ImpacTex NZ have plenty of awesome milestones and achievements to reflect on! Here are some highlights from 2025:

- receiving a special Judges Commendation for Circular Business Leadership at the Mindful Fashion New Zealand Circular Design Awards
- Finalist for the Sustainable Business Network Awards on the , highlighting local sustainable changemakers
- connecting over 8000kgs of great garments to local charities, transforming clothes into community care
- opening up recovery pathways for previously unrecoverable materials, such as hardhats, floor matting, medical masks, backpacks, mattresses, curtains, flags, signage etc etc
- provided recycled, recyclable and low carbon temporary signage for key sustainability events such as the Rainbow Warrior exhibition and the Moana Festival
- expanded our Retail Recycling Programme via AS Colour, Kathmandu, Macpac and The Good Drop nationwide collaboration with The Warehouse and The Salvation Army
- held many more collaborative textile recycling pop-ups in offices, retail stores and malls!
- tipping over the milestone of 500 Tonne and shortly thereafter 600 Tonne of textile waste diverted from landfill, all meaningfully contributing to the local circular textile economy

Thank you to everyone who made this year so impactful- whether you recycled with us, opted for circular materials with our fully recycled Retex and Alpine, or are one of our brilliant processing partners transforming waste into potential. It takes all of us to make real change- so we can't wait to make an even greater impact with you in 2026.

17/10/2025

Recycling Week is almost upon us, running from 20 - 26 October- and we are bringing back a special collab for this important occasion!

Now in its third year, the Sylvia Park Clothing Recycling Drive runs next week from Monday 20 - Friday 24 October- making textile recovery accessible to their community. We would like to acknowledge Sylvia Park Shopping Centre and Kiwi Property for their long commitment to this partnership, and to textile waste reduction. By bringing along your unwanted clothing to the Sylvia Park Clothing Recycling Drive, you are not only diverting carbon emissions and pollutants from our natural environment- but also connecting good quality clothing with deserving local charities 🌱🤝

🗺️ Sylvia Park Shopping Centre, in front of the food court
🕑 The station is open from 9am - 7pm, 20-24 October- but visit during 10am - 2pm to speak to our team about textile pollution and the work we do at ImpacTex
❌ Not accepted: Socks and underwear, togs, toys, pillows, shoes, fabric pieces, and dirty or wet textiles

25/08/2025

Every garment has value — far beyond landfill!

The Warehouse is tackling New Zealand's textile waste head-on, by making clothing recycling accessible to their community and this collab between The Warehouse, The Salvation Army New Zealand and ImpacTex is doing loads of Good 👏

What is The Good Drop all about?
🌱 Diverting resources from landfill and preventing environmental pollution
🤝 Connecting quality clothing with Salvation Army Family Stores, supporting communities and funding their vital mahi
♻️ Bringing textiles into the local circular economy, where they can be remade into fully recycled and recyclable products
💪 Empowering people all over New Zealand with a genuine and accessible solution for clothing waste.

We couldn't be prouder to be part of this team, delivering both social and environmental benefit to New Zealand's regions and cities.

This pilot is currently running in Petone, Whangārei, Takanini, Hillcrest in Hamilton, and Barrington in Christchurch. Simply drop your bag of clean, preloved clothing in the bin, and let The Warehouse take care of stewarding your textiles to their new life. It is inspiring to see a major nationwide retailer in New Zealand take responsibility for the wellbeing of our natural environment, and back the local circular economy. With a partnership like this, BIG things become possible.

Thanks to Caroline Dewstow, Phil Cu***ng and The Warehouse Group - we can't wait to see the impact we can make together.

24/07/2025

We deeply admire the incredible mahi of Hospice West Auckland, who support so many Kiwi families during some of life’s most challenging moments — and we're proud to stand behind their important work.

Thanks to generous clothing donations from our retail and corporate partners, Hospice West Auckland can provide quality, affordable garments to their community — with every item contributing directly to the compassionate care they deliver.

We're honoured to support their mission, especially at this pivotal time as they work to enhance hospice care facilities for families across West Auckland.

A heartfelt thank you to all our partners and to everyone who donates through our textile recycling bins in partner stores — your support helps make meaningful impact possible.

18/02/2025

See the Impact of recycling your textiles with icebreaker!

We are beyond proud to grow our successful in-store textile recycling programme with icebreaker, with the addition of their Albany and Manawa Bay stores 🎉 And because we love a circular story- these bins are wrapped in our unique Alpine sleeves made from 100% NZ recycled textiles! Containing no harmful dyes or bleach in the recycling process, these Alpine panel sleeves are created using pure white textiles that ImpacTex sort and process specifically- the flecks of colour in the panels showcasing its past life with pride 🥼

Worried that your garments are too good to recycle? Fear not- every item ImpacTex receives is meticulously graded, with all appropriate clothing going directly to our partner charities including All Heart NZ, Hato Hone St John Opshops, Ripple and Everlasting. In 2024 we received over 2000KG of textiles from icebreaker locations- almost 1/4 of that was donated 🤝 🌱

Our endless gratitude to icebreaker, for consistently striving for a more circular, natural and valued textile system- and encouraging their customers to contribute to this better system.

Head on into icebreaker Albany or Manawa Bay to check out their new collection points, and see the circular possibilities that come to life when you commit to keeping precious textile resources out of landfill ♻️ 🌏

Learn more about this partnership here: https://lnkd.in/gXsQD5NF

21/01/2025

Tauranga tackles textiles! 👕👖
Our first community collection from Envirohub Bay of Plenty has arrived, kicking off our joint initiative between Envirohub Bay of Plenty, ImpacTex NZ and Ripple — supported by Tauranga City Council. This collaboration is exciting, connecting new partners and communities and showing what we can achieve when we work together.🌟

📢Want to join us? Drop your unwanted textiles into our collection bins at Envirohub Bay of Plenty. ImpacTex can accept clean t-shirts, jeans, towels and sheets. Ripple can take kids' clean clothing from newborn to 12 years, regardless of condition.

📍 Location: 31B Glasgow Street, Tauranga 3110
🕐 Drop-off hours: Monday - Thursday, 10am - 2pm

Together, we can make a difference in reducing textile waste and supporting the community. 💚

05/11/2024

⚡Welcome Envirohub Bay of Plenty!⚡

We’re thrilled to announce a collaboration between Envirohub Bay of Plenty, Ripple and ImpacTex!

Envirohub BOP is now hosting Ripple and ImpacTex NZ bins, making it easy for you to drop off your unwanted textiles, including outgrown kids' clothing. This is a great opportunity to sustainably pass on your items — each donated piece either supports the community or reduces waste by recycling old textiles for a new life.

📍 Location: 31B Glasgow Street, Tauranga 3110
🕒 Drop-off hours: Monday - Thursday 10am - 2pm

A huge thank you to Cathy and the team at Envirohub Bay of Plenty and the Tauranga City Council Resource Wise Fund for making this possible. 💚♻️

30/10/2024

Proud to be partnering with AS Colour to offer textile recycling in all Auckland stores! ♻

This was an extra special announcement for us at ImpacTex NZ, as it aligned with the instore launch of our beautiful sleeves, showcasing the new life that garments have when collected through our Instore Recycling Programme.

Head to your local AS Colour Auckland to drop your textiles for recycling and check out our RETEX sleeves made of 100% Recycled textiles- including our own brand new Alpine (Clean White) panels seen here at AS Colour Westgate 🏔 Want to know more about our unique Alpine panels? Get in touch: [email protected]

More on the AS Colour + ImpacTex NZ partnership can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gFpgvTbP

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