“Nothing lasts forever,” says the old adage. This sad but true statement applies to textiles. Replacement textile costs comprise 13%-25% of a laundry’s expenses. Obtaining the maximum service life from an item provides great economic advantages. Regardless of an item’s life-cycle servings, eventually an item no longer fulfills the initial purpose. Such textiles need repurposing. 
 
Although laundries proclaim the recycling benefits of their services, they rarely discuss internal recycling efforts. TRSA Clean Green certified operations proudly recycle paper and plastics, but what about recycling out-of-service textile goods? Perhaps laundries consider goods recycling efforts mundane or “old-hat.” To ...