Pretty much anything you wear in the surf and at the beach :) In doubt, bring your gears and ask us during our events or reach out via the contact page or socials.

We are currently sending all collected textile to Upparel in Victoria.

Ora & the Seas initiative is fully focused on water used textiles. If you have other items you would like to send to recycling, we highly recommend to purchase a collection directly through Upparel as it will be more cost efficient for your household.

Unlike Aluminium cans which are highly valuable from a recycling perspective as very cheap to recycle indefinitely, the materials used to make our favourite togs are kind of a headache.

Togs and other beach gears are usually made from a blend of polyester and Lycra which is difficult to a separate at recycling stage. We are currently sending all disposed textiles to Upparel, whom revolutionary circularity process allows recycled materials to close the loop and be reused through the UPtex material. The process, from collection of your textile to recycling has a cost, which is why we need to charge a fee to give a second life to our worn-out gears.

Looking long term, the more recycled material will become valuable for industries and recycling process cheaper, the cheaper it will be for the consumer.

Upparel, the company recycling the items we sent charges by the weight.

We basically used a kitchen scale to weight each item to determine its average recycling cost. From there, we add a percentage to cover our cost running this initiative. Offering textile collection by the item allows the community to take action at a low price while bringing awareness of the textile waste.

Great question! Once worn-out items are sent to recycling, they are shredded and then transformed into a new material called UPtex. You can find out out more about it on Upparel website.