A partner for sustainable fashion logistics
We support hundreds of leading fashion brands and retailers with responsible solutions for unwanted textiles.
From customer returns and unsold inventory to in-store take back initiatives, we help brands to build a sustainable recycling business model with positive environmental outcomes.
Whether you’re seeking circularity, compliance, or creative reuse, our solutions are tailored to your needs.
The Pressure to Perform - and How We Help
Fashion brands face increasing scrutiny on their environmental performance from consumers and regulators.
Whether you're preparing for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), trying to hit internal Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) milestones, or simply doing the right thing, Roberts Recycling can help ease that pressure with clear, tailored, and scalable textile recovery services.
Our Services for the Fashion Sector
Secure Brand Protection & Destruction
For faulty stock, branded items and IP-sensitive goods.
Customer Returns & QC Recovery
Sorting for reuse or recycling with full traceability.
Overstock Recovery
Solutions for unsold seasonal or outlet inventory.
Take-Back Schemes
In-store returns from your customers.
Innovation & Circularity
Fibre identification and creative reuse collaborations.
Why work with Roberts Recycling
Our fashion partners choose Roberts Recycling for our ability to balance brand protection, sustainability and commercial outcomes:
Rewear-first model
Wherever possible, items are exported for rewear to global markets, helping reduce waste and generate maximum commercial value.
Brand protection built-in
For items unsuitable for reuse, secure, documented destruction ensures full control and compliance.
Trusted by UK retailers
Our fashion network includes some of the UK’s biggest high street and luxury names.
End-to-end logistics
From collection and processing to detailed reporting, we handle the entire process in-house.
Total transparency
Outcome data is provided to support ESG, CSR and investor reporting.
Safeguarding Your Brand: Control, Compliance and Clarity
We help you:
- Protect brand integrity - By avoiding UK resale and managing sensitive stock discreetly
- Avoid overexposure in domestic markets - Prevent imperfect or discounted goods from circulating in unwanted markets
- Improve profitability - Prioritising rewear / export routes over destruction without compromising brand control
- Enhance ESG optics, meet regulation - Reuse, resale, and recycling outcomes aligned with ESG and CSR objectives and EPR reporting
Bespoke Solutions for Luxury & High-Value Goods
Luxury brands require specialist care:
- Confidentiality agreements
- Access to controlled destruction facilities
- Traceable pathways with detailed audit trails
Specialist Services for Sportswear & Athleisure Brands
Technical fabrics. Branded kits. Complex product ranges. We understand the unique challenges that come with sportswear and athleisure recycling.
Whether you’re a global sports brand, a teamwear provider, kit manufacturer or a sustainable performance start-up, we offer:
- Secure disposal of branded teamwear and unsold stock
- Solutions for mixed-material garments and technical textiles
- Confidentiality and destruction
- Rewear / export services for surplus, returns, or imperfect stock
With the rise of sustainability in sport, fans and customers expect more.
Embedding recycling in your brand story
Your sustainability efforts shouldn’t be hidden. Our partners regularly use outcome data and impact insights in:
- Annual ESG and sustainability reports
- PR and comms campaigns
- Shareholder and customer updates
- Take-back scheme promotions
- Internal comms and employer branding
