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ACS Clothing: Powering a Circular Future: Fashion with Purpose
ACS is redefining fashion by increasing the lifespan of clothes whilst using them more. Each year, we process millions of garments—sanitising, cleaning, repairing, reselling, renting, repurposing and recycling them through our fully circular fashion infrastructure.
Instead of ending up in landfill, garments are given multiple lives. From our low-emissions facility in Scotland, we help brands and retailers shift from wasteful “buy-wear-dispose” models to circular systems that maximise value and minimise environmental harm.
Our operations are built around seven core services: resale, rental, returns, refurbishment, repurpose, recycling, and recommerce enablement. These end-to-end services extend garment life and reduce fashion’s carbon and water footprint.
In 2024 alone, we reduced emissions by 31%, cut water use by 25%, eliminated textile waste to landfill, and created inclusive green jobs. ACS is proving that circular fashion isn’t just possible—it’s scalable, commercially viable, and critical to building a more sustainable future for people and the planet.
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Dubs: Making Circularity the Default in Children’s Footwear
The ‘Immortal Sneaker’ is Dubs’ circular solution to one of fashion’s quietest waste problems: kids’ shoes.
In the UK, over 2 million shoes are landfilled every week. With children outgrowing theirs every 4–6 months, most pairs barely see a full life.
Dubs flips the model. We design ultra-comfy sneakers built to go again, made to be resold, reworn, and reloved.
We’ve created a circular model that includes:
- Recycled and renewable materials like sugarcane and RPET
- A resale platform that turns outgrown shoes into cash or credit
- AI-powered sizing to get the fit right first time and reduce returns
Every pair of Dubs is built to have multiple lives and every resale tells a new story of adventure, growth, and care.
We’re not just lowering environmental impact. We’re making reuse aspirational, building the world’s most sustainable kids’ sneaker brand, designed for growth in every sense.