Waste Reduction

Maggie Sottero is recycling everything possible, as efficiently as we can, from bulk shipping waste to diverting dead stock from landfills.

• 8,600 lbs and counting of plastic shipping waste recycled through our partnership with Rocky Mountain Recycling.
• 100% of excess stock is diverted from landfills and into textile recycling programs and donation efforts.

• 1,500 gowns and accessories donated to community organizations and design school students in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia including:
• OTIS College
• Brides Across America
• Donated 800+ discontinued gowns and accessories to Brides Across America, a community organization providing free dresses to qualified military, first responder and healthcare workers.
• Ongoing donations of gowns and materials to fashion students for study and upcycling projects, including Otis College of Art & Design, Rare School of Fashion, Salt Lake Community College, Brigham Young University and RMIT.

• Eliminated single-use plastics in our offices and at market events, replacing with reusable dishware and utensils.
• Recycling as much as we can, as efficiently as we can at our Scope 1 facilities in an effort to further reduce our municipal waste landfill impact.
• Dedicated to electronic waste reduction, Maggie has a long-standing practice of recycling used printer toners and donation of decommissioned equipment to e-waste programs.
• 80% reduction in printing at our headquarters office and 70% reduction in printed material waste at markets using 2023 as our baseline.