what to do with it when it is finished

marking

Triman, with sorting information, on each product page and on the sewn-in label

what it means

this item is subject to a sorting rule: it goes to a collection point, not to a general waste bin

scheme identifier (IDU)

[to be completed by the operator before launch]

scheme

the French extended producer responsibility scheme for textiles, household linen and footwear

The identifier is issued to the producer on registration and is published here and on the terms of sale once it has been. Until then this page states that it is outstanding rather than implying it exists.

• Still wearable, even if not by you: give it away, or take it to a charity or resale collection point. Reuse beats recycling every time.
• Worn out, torn or stained: take it to a textile collection container or a collection point that accepts textiles. Damaged clothing is still accepted — it goes to fibre recovery rather than resale.
• Clean and dry, please, and bagged. Wet textiles contaminate a whole container.
• Do not put clothing in a household bin, and do not put it in the paper or packaging stream.

Collection points in France are listed by the national sorting guide at refashion.fr and by your commune. If you would rather send a Ouestrail garment back to us for recovery, email us and we will tell you where to send it.

Each product page lists that item’s environmental characteristics. The patterns behind those lines are:

• Single fibre family wherever the garment allows it, because a mixed-fibre textile is far harder to recover.
• No fused membrane on any shell. The repellency here is a surface finish, not a laminate, which keeps the base cloth recoverable as a textile.
• Stitched baffles on insulated pieces rather than glued ones, so panels can be separated.
• Trims — zips, cord locks, straps — mechanically fixed rather than bonded, so they can be replaced during the garment life and removed at the end of it.
• Sewn-in composition labels rather than printed ones, so the composition is still readable when the garment reaches a sorter.

Two items are deliberately mixed-fibre: the commute overshirt (organic cotton with recycled polyester) and the socks. Their pages say so, and say that the streams should be separated where your local scheme allows it.

outer

paper mailer or cardboard box — paper and cardboard stream

tape

paper tape, leave it on the cardboard

inner

no plastic garment bag; sealed items use a paper band

invoice

sent by email, so there is no paper invoice to dispose of

sorting rule

flatten the box, put the whole thing in the packaging and paper stream

The most useful thing on this page: wash less often and at 30 °C, skip fabric softener entirely because it coats the fibre and disables a repellent finish, and re-treat a shell when water stops beading rather than replacing it. The wear characteristics and renewal method for every finish are on performance and its limits, and we will send a replacement zip slider or cord lock rather than see a garment thrown away for a two-euro part.