Join the movement
turn the tide on material hardship and waste
Ripple is a social enterprise providing essential clothing to Kiwi kids living in hardship and diverting unwanted textiles from landfill through our reuse, repair, repurpose and recycling system. We equip kids with what they need day to day and reduce the massive impact textile waste has on our environment.
Find out how you, your family, business, early childhood centre, school or community group can get involved and make our small drop have a big impact.
tackling material hardship and waste
Ripple is a social enterprise providing essential clothing to Kiwi kids living in hardship and diverting unwanted textiles from landfill through our reuse, repair, repurpose and recycling system. We equip kids with what they need day to day and reduce the massive impact textile waste has on our environment.
Make our small drop have a big impact.
WHAT WE DO
Ripple collects, sorts and distributes unwanted and outgrown children’s clothing (0 to 12 years) from families, schools, ECE, businesses and excess inventory from retailers.
Through referrals from our community partners, we are able to pass quality essentials in the form of a Gear Box clothing parcel to those that need them most and pass on the not-so-great stuff to our community of repair, repurpose and recycling partners. Once entering our system, all clothing is reused or recycled and the individual impact statistics shared.
It is an easy way for Kiwis to tackle material hardship, textile waste and their carbon footprint.
WHAT WE DO
Ripple collects, sorts and distributes unwanted and outgrown children’s clothing (0 to 12 years) from families, schools, ECE, businesses as well as excess inventory from retailers.
Through referrals from our community partners, we are able to pass quality essentials in the form of a Gear Box clothing parcel to those that need them most and pass on the not-so-great stuff to our community of repair, repurpose and recycling partners. Once entering our system, all clothing is reused or recycled and the individual impact statistics shared.
It is an easy way for Kiwis to tackle material hardship, textile waste and their carbon footprint.
JOIN the MOVEMENt
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Now there is a simple way to pass on or recycle your children’s unwanted clothes, support your community and ensure your items don’t end up in a landfill. Simply purchase a collection bag, pack your unwanted items and put them on your doorstep. Leave the rest to us.
partner
We offer a retail solution to ensure that excess or unwanted inventory gets reused where it’s needed most. Providing children’s clothing retailers with a simple way to make a social and environmental difference and have the ability to report on these metrics.
support
Keen to contribute? Support our business growth or sponsor the delivery of Gear Boxes.
Each Gear Box provides all the clothing essentials a child needs for a year. Let’s discuss the impact your contribution will have and how we can do more together.
other ways to connect
Schools & ECE
Left with lost property?
We will take it off your hands.
ongoing collections
Regular or bulk collections?
Let’s talk.
Upcyclers
Require specific textiles for
your projects?
here for a reason
The need
We suffer from one of the worst rates of child poverty in the Western world with one in ten kids going without basic essentials. Having fitting, weather-appropriate clothing, shoes & raincoats is something that many of us take for granted but with the rising cost of living, essentials are becoming luxury items for many families.
The excess
Many parents find themselves with an excess of outgrown or unwanted clothing and shoes and are looking for easy, convenient and responsible ways to regularly shift these without them ending up in landfill. While there are a number of ways to pass items on including secondhand shops and clothing bins - there can be issues with these solutions.
The waste
It’s estimated that New Zealand sends between 100,000 to 200,000 tonnes of textile waste to landfill. While the global apparel industry is expected to rise by 63% in 2030. Textiles are responsible for 10% of global carbon emissions, putting them up there with the most carbon-emitting industries in the world alongside oil, gas and agriculture.
our work in progress
Watch this space to see how we track on the metrics that matter to us.
gear boxes distributed
itemS received
ITEMS REUSED
itemS Recycled
REPAIRED OR REPURPOSED
KGS of CO2 emissions prevented*
*Based on a conservative 0.438kg CO2-e/per kg.
INTRODUCING THE
gear box
A Gear Box provides all the clothing essentials a child needs day to day throughout the year. These clothing parcels save families between $200-$400 per year.
Currently we distribute our Gear Boxes through Women’s Refuge, Oranga Tamariki Ministry for Children and Middlemore Neonatal unit.
Families can receive one Gear Box per child per year, once these are outgrown they can send their items back through our system for either reuse or recycling.
HOST A GEAR DRIVE IN YOUR WORKPLACE
Support our work at your work by hosting a Ripple Gear Drive.
Employees can drop in unwanted and outgrown children’s clothing into a temporary collection station. The cost to process each box is covered by the host. Gear Drives for remote workers are also available.
It’s an easy way for your business to support both community and environmental good.
HOST A GEAR DRIVE
Support our work at your work by hosting a Ripple Gear Drive in your office. It’s an easy way for your business or school to support both community and environmental good.
THE
gear box
A Gear Box provides all the clothing essentials a child needs day to day throughout the year. These clothing parcels save families between $200-$400 per year.
Currently we distribute our Gear Boxes through Women’s Refuge and Oranga Tamariki Ministry for Children.
Families can receive one Gear Box per child per year, once these are outgrown they can send their items back through our system for either reuse or recycling.
HOST A GEAR DRIVE IN YOUR WORKPLACE
Support our work at your work by hosting a Ripple Gear Drive.
Employees can drop in unwanted and outgrown children’s clothing into a temporary collection station. The cost to process each box is covered by the host. Gear Drives for remote workers are also available.
It’s an easy way for your business to support both community and environmental good.
HOST A GEAR DRIVE
Support our work at your work by hosting a Ripple Gear Drive in your office. It’s an easy way for your business or school to support both community and environmental good.
because of you
We are able to make this happen.
big THANKS
To the following organisations for helping us get our Gear Boxes into the right little hands.
hello@ripplemovement.co.nz
0800 328 433
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