InPost is partnering with Yellow Octopus Group to encourage consumers to recycle their clothing, donating it to charity or for other recycled uses.

The partnership means that consumers earn exclusive discount coupons for a range of retailers such as Missguided and Superdry for each donation made. Consumers simply register their old clothing via Yellow Octopus’s reGAIN app and drop off donations to any InPost locker in the UK completely free of charge.

Through the reGAIN programme, unwanted clothes are then distributed to charities, as well as across a network of textile recycling innovators, research initiatives, students’ projects and fashion designers to be renewed, upcycled or recycled into new sustainable products.

InPost’s own research shows that over half of those aged 18-34 (51%) say they are more concerned about the environmental impact of delivery and returns today than in the past. By partnering with Yellow Octopus, InPost hopes to build greener out-of-home collection and return options for circular fashion.

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InPost partners with Yellow Octopus Group to encourage clothing recycling and donations

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**How are InPost supporting Ukraine?**

Our Polish team are carrying out transportation of vital goods and supplies in cooperation with the city of Lodz and the city of Warsaw - a total of 11 semi-trailers went to Przemysl (on the border with Ukraine), 6 of them as a special convoy. They have also established contact with the Government Strategic Reserves Agency and transported humanitarian aid from Israel between Warsaw Chopin Airport and the Agency's warehouse in Ozarow. 

We have been helping since the first dramatic events that reached us from Ukraine. We are supporting Polish cities in carrying out transport of collected items for our neighbours from Ukraine and have so far managed to complete several dozen such drives. We deliver products by InPost trucks and vans from Polish cities to the Ukrainian border - said Rafal Brzoska, InPost CEO.

We are also facilitating smaller transportations, e.g., transport of medicines to the District Epidemiological Station in Ustrzyki (on the border with Ukraine) and have also established cooperation with the Silesian Crisis Service.

Our thoughts are with the Ukrainian people at this time.





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Support for Ukraine - Vital Supplies Delivered by InPost Trucks 

InPost Group, the leading European ecommerce delivery provider, has signed a five-year partnership agreement with Vinted – Europe’s largest online consumer-to-consumer marketplace dedicated to second-hand fashion - to become one of Vinted’s shipping partners across Europe. The service will be provided under the InPost brand in the UK, Poland and Italy, and Mondial Relay in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.

The agreement will leverage InPost’s extensive cross-border network of 35,000 out-of-home delivery sites across Europe. In the UK, the partnership means that Vinted sellers can drop off parcels at one of over 3,000 lockers units across the country in a matter of seconds and at a time that suits them, for onward delivery to buyers’ homes. The partnership aims to make parcel drop-offs easy and contact-free for second-hand sellers, enabling them to fit them around their daily lives.




“This is our first pan-European delivery partnership, involving all eight markets where we’re present, and we’re confident that this is just the beginning,” said **InPost CEO, Rafał Brzoska.** “Our agreement with Vinted proves that InPost has the scale and the skills to be a strategic out-of-home delivery partner for companies operating in markets across Europe, with a particular focus on out-of-home services. We are happy to be part of Vinted’s shipping solution.”


**Vytautas Atkočaitis, Shipping Director at Vinted**, said: “As a business focused on giving our members great choices about how to send and receive packages, with a particular focus on PUDO and locker options, we’re pleased to continue our successful partnership with InPost and Mondial Relay in multiple markets in Europe.

The pan-European partnership will vary by market, for example in Poland Vinted buyers will also be able to receive purchases from lockers; offering an economical, convenient option that lets them receive purchases at a time that suits them – rather than waiting at home to receive parcels. In addition to the cost savings over home delivery, shipping to the company’s Automated Parcel Machine (APM) lockers and other locations reduces CO2 emissions by as much as two-thirds in cities compared to door-to-door services. 

Vinted is the largest online consumer-to-consumer marketplace in Europe dedicated to second-hand fashion, with more than 50 million members in 13 European countries, as well as in the US and Canada.


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InPost Group and Vinted launch European Ecommerce Delivery Partnership

`Here at InPost we’ve just opened our second UK office - in central London’s vibrant Soho.`

>Our UK locker coverage has almost doubled in the last six months alone, and there are now approximately 140,000 individual InPost locker compartments installed across the UK for consumers to collect and return their parcels.

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And while our presence continues to expand, so too does our team. In the last year, our UK headcount has tripled, with all parts of the business growing - and we don’t expect this to slow down anytime soon!
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As our network growth continues to accelerate, we’re on track to install a whole raft of additional locker locations the length and breadth of the UK - with our goal being to have more locker locations in London, Manchester and Birmingham than there are Post Offices. We aim to have one of the largest automated parcel networks in the UK, with ambitions to install 10,000 locker units by 2024.

The Soho office will complement our existing warehouse and office space in Hemel Hempstead, and provides a vibrant and collaborative space for teams to come together and make our vision a reality. Our new office - which is 4,311 square feet - will house around 50 employees. 

The office space includes bespoke meeting rooms and break out areas, and a boardroom available for the team to collaborate and come together. The site also offers a large lounge and shared courtyard for when a change of scene is required! 

Our Soho office is the latest milestone in our UK growth plans, helping us to provide towns and communities with easily accessible, green delivery options - something that is imperative as we move towards the UK’s net zero strategy. 



InPost partners with Yellow Octopus Group to encourage clothing recycling and donations

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