Recycle My Sunbrella® & Recycle My FIRESIST®

Save fabric waste from entering landfills, stay committed to the environment.

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BACKGROUND

For more than 50 years, Sunbrella has recycled acrylic manufacturing waste and delivered it to partners who repurpose the materials into industrial products, including felt, insulation, padding, filtration, and more. In addition, all packaging waste is recycled at Sunbrella manufacturing facilities. This is an ongoing journey for Glen Raven, and eco-friendly practices like these have been an important focus in the company's history, even before it was on the minds of most consumers.

To bolster these efforts, the Recycle My Sunbrella and Recycle My FIRESIST programs were created to allow domestic consumers to participate in the recycling process. These are unique take-back programs that offer a sustainable alternative to disposing fabric scraps, awning covers, boat covers, and upholstery fabric for both Sunbrella and FIRESIST.

The Recycle My Sunbrella program alone has collected nearly one million pounds of fabric that otherwise would have ended up in landfills, and Glen Raven has set a goal to help its customers recycle an additional one million pounds of products by 2025. Taken together, these environmental initiatives reduce waste and help sustain our planet.

HOW TO RECYCLE YOUR FABRIC

To ship your recyclable fabric:


  • Sunbrella: Enter your info and create an RMS label
  • FIRESIST: Enter your info and create an RMF label
  • Print your labels, placing one on the inside of your shipping container and the other secured to the outside
  • Apply postage and ship the package to the address on your label (located in Anderson, SC)
  • Even your packing materials will be recycled!
  • Please note: Glen Raven does not pay shipping costs

 

To drop your fabric at a fulfillment center:


  • If you don't want to ship your fabric, you can also drop it off at your nearest Trivantage fulfillment center during business hours. Simply call ahead or let an associate know upon arrival that you wish to recycle your fabric.
  • Please note: Goods are inspected when dropped off and will be refused if they don’t meet qualifying guidelines
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GUIDELINES

Please note the following guidelines when recycling fabrics:


  • Any new, remnant, or used Sunbrella fabrics and FIRESIST fabrics are accepted (with the exception of Sunbrella Horizon®)
  • All zippers, grommets, rope, vinyl, foam, or fittings must be removed
  • Fabric should be brushed clean (free of dirt and debris buildup) and dry

QUESTIONS?

At Trivantage, we look forward to working with our customers on sustainability efforts that address our collective environmental responsibilities. For more information on the Sunbrella and FIRESIST recycling programs, visit www.recyclemysunbrella.com or www.glenraven.com/en_us/recycle-my-firesist.

For more information on other Sunbrella sustainability efforts—including the use of recycled fiber, solar power, and wasterwater reduction—visit https://www.sunbrella.com/sunbrella-sustainability.