EkoLinq promotes sustainability through the reuse and recycling of textiles.
EkoLinq is helping move California's Tri-Valley region toward a more sustainable future.
Our goal is for Clothing to be reused in their current form, which is the best option for the environment, or if damaged, recycled so the materials can be used again.
Textile manufacturing consumes significant natural resources including raw materials, water, energy, and in some cases, requires the use of fossil fuels. Just one cotton t-shirt requires 650 gallons of water to produce, along with harmful chemical compounds used in the production processes.
Over 14.5 million tons of textiles enter U.S. landfills or are incinerated each year. Clothing discarded to landfills generates methane (a greenhouse gas) during decomposition and leaches toxic chemicals and dyes into groundwater supplies.
EkoLinq uses multiple approaches to collect and remove textiles from the pollution
cycle.
See the variety of items we collect here.
Residential and
business site pick-ups
Collection bins
and drop boxes
Fundraising
collection events
EkoLinq partners with The Green Group consortium, which shares our vision for a closed loop in textile recycling. The Green Group ensures all textiles collected are either reused or recycled into new products.
Additionally, EkoLinq contributes 5% of profits to eco-friendly, carbon capture initiatives such as:
Climeworks, working toward direct air
carbon capture technology and sequestration.
One Tree Planted – Helping increase
atmospheric carbon absorption through reforestation.
Tradewater – Working to eliminate CFC emissions from harming the atmosphere.
EkoLinq is able to process a wide variety of Textiles.
(Both reusable and damaged)