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Team GB surplus Olympic kit to be resold to reduce clothing waste
Unused Team GB clothing from recent Olympic events is being stored in a warehouse on England’s south coast.
A new partnership will resell 700 items from Paris 2024 through a specialist platform, and the proceeds will support the Team GB Foundation, the charity arm of the British Olympic Association.
Sports organisations often order kit before they know which athletes will compete, leaving them with extra stock.
Performance needs and sponsorship contracts can also make it difficult to reduce orders or pass clothing on.
A sustainability consultancy estimates that up to 100,000 items of sports kit go to UK landfill each year, though the total surplus is hard to measure.
Reselling the clothing gives usable kit another life, while offering sports fans and participants a way to buy it without purchasing new.
Hundreds of items of surplus Team GB clothing and unsold merchandise will be resold through a specialist platform.
Proceeds will support the British Olympic Association’s charity arm, the Team GB Foundation.
The initial launch will include 700 items from Paris 2024.
The clothing includes unworn tracksuit bottoms, jackets, hoodies, T-shirts and Olympic opening ceremony garments.
A sustainability consultancy estimates that up to 100,000 items of sports kit end up in UK landfill each year.
- Who
- Team GB and Kitround, the specialist resale platform, are involved.
- What
- Hundreds of items of surplus clothing and unsold merchandise will be resold, with proceeds supporting the Team GB Foundation.
- When
- The article was published on 12 October 2026; it says the resale is starting now.
- Where
- The clothing is stored in a warehouse on England’s south coast.
- Why
- The resale is intended to give sportswear a second life and reduce clothing waste.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
It is a huge issue and it's also a complex issue
There are an awful lot of people, whatever sport they do, whatever teams they support, who simply can't afford to buy new
The initial resale launch will include 700 items of clothing from the Games.
BBC Sport reported that a partnership would resell hundreds of surplus Team GB clothing items and unsold merchandise.
- Initial resale batch
- 700 items from Paris 2024
- Resale platform
- Kitround
- Proceeds recipient
- Team GB Foundation
- Estimated UK sports kit waste
- Up to 100,000 items a year
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