UNIQLO Down Recycling
Please bring any UNIQLO down product lying in your closet into our stores. We will recycle the down and feathers and give them new life.
Recycling clothes into clothes, UNIQLO’s latest challenge that opens up new links between people and clothing. We are starting with our down outerwear, recycling the down and feathers in order to conserve resources and reduce waste.
Ayumu Hirano, professional snowboarder and skateboarder
Wearing Hybrid Recycled Down Parka made with recycled down.
UNIQLO Down Recycling Unique technology ensures quality
UNIQLO focuses on high quality, even in its recycled materials.
Using new technology developed jointly with TORAY, we have managed to recycle down as efficiently as using new down.
①We collect secondhand UNIQLO down products in RE.UNIQLO boxes placed in each store in Japan
②Down products sent from stores are delivered to TORAY factories in Japan for sorting and down and feather extraction.
③Down and feathers are separated from fabric by controlling the wind flow using special technology.
④Extracting the down and feathers for reuse.
⑤Any dust is removed, and the down and feathers are cleaned, dried and reused.
⑥Shipped as new down products.