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The Green Blog
As it is World Recycling Week 2017
Monday 13th November to Sunday
19th November, we feature Norwex
Microfibre Recycling Scheme!
One thing we’re asked from time to time is “what
do I do with my old Norwex microfibre?” Due to
the makeup of the product, it’s not biodegradable,
so simply throwing it out is not ideal. If you
attended our 2015 Conference, you would
have heard our Global Chief Marketing Officer
Amy Cadora announce our Norwex microfibre
recycling scheme. We have been receiving your
old microfibre products. energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and
supporting recycling through the recovery of
metals.
We have partnered with a company in the US
that will turn your old microfibre into renewable
energy, along with many other products and
waste that otherwise would be destined for
landfill. Through this process, enough energy
is created to power one million homes, and
also recover and recycle 400,000 tons of metal
annually which would otherwise be left in the
waste stream after regular curbside recycling
efforts. Any gases omitted during this process are
collected, filtered and cleaned before being
emitted into the atmosphere. The gas is managed
from the combustion process with state-of-the-
art air pollution control technology that operates
to state and federal standards. Emissions of
particulate matter are primarily controlled through
a baghouse (fabric filter).
The waste to energy recycling process is a safe
and technologically advanced means of waste
disposal that also generates clean, renewable
Norwex Microfibre Recycling Program
PO Box 408
Deception Bay, QLD 4508
Australia
And one more thing – Amy’s a wealth of
knowledge when it comes to reducing the use of
chemicals in your home. If you’re on Twitter, give
her a follow @amycadora.
Solid waste and post-recyclable materials go
through a combustion process, where heat from
the process is used to create high-pressure,
super-heated steam that is supplied to a turbine
generator to create electricity, which is then
distributed to the local grid.
So, rather than simply throwing your old Norwex
microfibre products away, send them to us at one
of the addresses below.
Norwex Microfibre Recycling Program
PO Box 335
Levin 5540
New Zealand
Ryan Pedlow 
Marketing Manager
MISSION . Recycling
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