Sustainability&Upcycling

Title: Sustainability&Upcycling


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SustainabilityUpcycling
We are graders and exporters of Used Shoes,
Second Hand Clothing, and wholesalers of Vintage
clothes
info_at_samiyatex.com (310) 323-7500
www.samiyatex.com
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At Samiyatex, we have been recycling our
societys throw away clothing and shoes for 27
years by purchasing discarded merchandise from
hundreds of Thrift stores across USA. On average,
weve sorted 10 million lbs of clothing and 4
million lbs of shoes/year, so when multiplied
over all these years, thats millions of lbs of
recycling. Many people over the years have asked
us, so what happens to all the clothes and shoes
you guys buy and process? Well, heres what we do
1. 50 of all clothing shoes are exported as
wearable clothing/shoes to third would countries
in Africa. These are purchased by private
importers who buy a 40container from us and then
distribute them to smaller, swap meet like micro
entrepreneur retailers, who sell them by the
piece. These micro entrepreneurs depend on
companies like us to supply them with a good
quality product that sells easily so they can
support their families. 2. 20 of all clothing is
usually very dirty, stained or ripped that simply
cannot be worn and so we cut these up into
cleaning rags. 3. 20 goes to India where items
like sweaters and woolen clothing are converted
into recycled yarn, that is used to make new
items like carpet underpadding, socks and
etc. 4. 1-2 is usually vintage, which is your
rare pieces from 1960s onwards, purchased by
vintage stores around the world.
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So as you can see, we recycle almost 95 of all
the clothing we purchase. But now, Samiyatex,
through its sister company, LA Vintage, is
expanding into a whole new field of Reworked or
Upcycled Clothing shoes.
Sustainability, Circular economy and Upcycled
Clothing. Theres a growing trend these days to
do something about the massive amount of
pollution that fast fashion heavy weights like
Zara HM create when making their new garments.
Majority of the millennials are either cutting
back on their purchases from these retailers or
preferring to buy either from Thrift Vintage
stores instead that give second hand clothing and
shoes, a second life. So we at LA Vintage, have
decided to come up with our own Upcycled line of
clothing to address this issue. Here, we planning
to covert either dirty, stained, ripped or
unwanted styles, into beautiful and fashionable
clothing items by either dyeing, cropping
repairing whatever clothing we can.
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Used Clothes
Used Shoes
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