At Harry West Flags we love to create beautiful things, but hate to see them go to waste. We have implemented various processes to reduce our environmental impact. Find out more below...
Flag Recycling:
When your flag has reached the end of its life, we encourage you to simply bring your old flag back to us when you are purchasing your new one. We work with The Textile Recyclers Australia to repurpose old flags, along with recycling our offcuts.
After removing any clips and eyelets, these are considered ‘post-consumer textiles’, and are mechanically shredded and the recycled fibre is spun into yarn. The yarn is used to make a variety of recycled products including totes, cushions, gloves, insulation and even the stuffing which goes into motor vehicle seats!
We love knowing that our flags don’t just go to landfill once they have served their purpose, and that they continue to be used for other purposes. To read more about our environmental efforts and recycling programs, please read our National Recycling Week Blog.
Our packaging:
At Harry West Flags we are committed to reducing our environmental impact, wherever possible.
A major factor for our business is maintaining a sustainable way for us to deliver our products to our customers. Therefore, most (if not all) of our orders are shipped within fully compostable mailers. Follow these easy steps to compost your packaging at home:
The mailers we use break down into rich compost within around 90-120 days in a home compostable environment. This means you can get your order without the packaging producing any harmful toxins, and environmental damage. You can read more about our mailers here.
In some cases we also reuse existing packaging, such as cardboard boxes, to ship our larger orders, in order to reduce the amount of packaging used by our business.
It's the small changes which contribute towards huge impacts. At Harry West Flags, we are continuously looking to improve our sustainability efforts, and implement any action we can to work towards a sustainable future.
