Textile Recycling Tour at Deakin University

As part of Surf Coast Shire Council’s Textile Recycling Trial, we’re excited to offer the community a chance to see Australian-first textile recycling in action.

Textile waste is one of the world’s fastest-growing environmental problems, and Deakin University’s Future Fibres Facility has recently launched Australia’s first fully circular textile processing capability. We are one of the first to test this new capability, where t-shirts collected from our recycling trial will be turned into new textiles.

Learn how clothes are made, following the process from raw material to spun yarn. See machinery, meet the researchers and learn how this work is helping find solutions to the growing textile waste problem.

If you have any questions contact: sustainability@surfcoast.vic.gov.au 

Read more about our textile recycling trial here: surfcoast.vic.gov.au/Textiles

Surf Coast Shire is proud to be collaborating with Deakin Institute for Frontier Materials, Rip Curl, and Direct to Source and RMIT as part of the Re-Search Initiative.

Location

Deakin University Waurn Ponds campus, building NK: https://maps.app.goo.gl/z8tZ7AVjFoCGgkXL8

We recommend using the:

• Carbon Nexus Car Park (building NJ) if available: https://maps.app.goo.gl/JxuJb9VMbBESB3sb6

• Or Car Park 20: https://maps.app.goo.gl/quphk2ScctAptYjj7

Parking payment

Car owners/drivers will need to download and use the O-Park app and park in bays marked with white lines to ensure they don’t get ticketed.

• The O-park location code for the campus is: 1040100

Because we’ll be moving through the facility, we won’t be able to accommodate latecomers. Please arrive by 12:45pm to make sure you have time to park and arrive at the building on time. We will be starting promptly at 1:00pm.

Note we will be standing for the duration of the tour (we will also be moving around the facility)

• Parking: Those requiring wheelchair access should park directly outside building NK.

• Toilets – accessible toilets are available

If you have any accessibility needs, please contact Elsie Fulton via phone 0438 887 237 or online sustainability@surfcoast.vic.gov.au