# @sailgpusa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DGUbsRJN_pe
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/28204515-sailgpusa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/643df923fd.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-02-21T03:09:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kyle Whittingham (@kyle_whittingham) — https://gondola.cc/kyle_whittingham

## Caption

This is your sign to start upcycling ☝️♻️

Upcycling is reusing outdated apparel or items to give it a second life or new function. This reduces waste and keeps materials out of the ocean.

This year we upcycled our old team kit and turned it into specialty bags rather than disposing into landfills where they could pollute the ocean 🌊 

Here is our impact so far👇🏻

👕 27.17 kg of textiles repurposed, preventing synthetic materials from entering the ocean, landfill or incineration

💨 465.17 kg of CO₂e avoided by repurposing kit instead of producing new materials for partner gifting items

💧⁠13,798.7 litres of water saved, equivalent to over 120 five-minute showers or nearly twelve years’ worth of drinking water for one person

🗑️ 0.27 cubic meters of landfill volume saved, equal to two household wheelie bins of discarded apparel or 8,300 plastic water bottles in volume

🤝 95 labour hours invested, enabling four skilled textile workers to develop expertise in upcycling technical sports apparel, particularly in repurposing high-performance, synthetic sailing kit

And that's just the start!

Next time you go to throw away old clothes or sailing gear, upcycle instead 🙌

#RaceForTheFuture #SailGP #Upcycle

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raceforthefuture, sailgp, upcycle

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