Clothing Destruction

Fashion and Counterfeit Clothing Destruction & Shredding

Clothing destruction serves as a critical defense against counterfeit and fake designer goods that threaten brand integrity across the fashion industry.

When unauthorized replicas flood the market, they dilute brand value, deceive consumers, and damage the reputation that established designers have spent years building.

For Australian brands and retailers, the proximity to Asian manufacturing centers where most counterfeit products originate makes professional clothing destruction services even more essential.

Protecting your brand's integrity and market position requires the rapid and complete secure destruction of all counterfeit items before they can reach consumers or be resold through unauthorized channels.

End-of-Season & Obsolete Inventory Clothing Destruction

Beyond counterfeit goods, clothing destruction also addresses the risks posed by unsold inventory, obsolete collections, and end-of-season merchandise. Designer clothes and accessories from previous seasons that accumulate in warehouses can become liability rather than assets.

When outdated stock is sold through unauthorized discount channels or falls into the wrong hands, it can devalue current collections and undermine your brand's premium positioning.

Professional clothing destruction and shredding services eliminate these risks while freeing valuable warehouse space for new inventory.

By implementing strategic clothing destruction programs, fashion brands maintain exclusivity, protect their market value, and ensure that only current, authentic products represent their name in the marketplace.

Clothing and Branded Items Suitable for Destruction

Comprehensive clothing destruction services protect your hard-won brand identity by ensuring that all garments, accessories, and branded goods are thoroughly destroyed in a highly secure manner.

Professional clothing destruction goes beyond simple disposal, providing documented assurance that your products can never re-enter the market or damage your reputation.

At Corporate Document Destruction, our clothing destruction capabilities cover virtually any item requiring secure disposal:

  • Garments, shoes, and handbags requiring complete clothing destruction

  • Belts, jewellery, and accessories needing brand-safe disposal

  • Faulty products, prototypes, and samples for secure clothing destruction

  • Damaged goods and production overruns

  • Counterfeit clothing, handbags, and accessories seized or recalled

Your clothing destruction, disposal, and subsequent recycling will be conducted in the most efficient, sustainable, and economical manner.

All items are destroyed within Australian environmental protection guidelines and fully recycled where possible. After your clothing destruction job is complete, you'll receive a Certificate of Destruction providing documented proof that your items have been completely destroyed and cannot be reconstructed, resold, or misrepresented in the marketplace. This certification gives you peace of mind and supports your compliance, insurance, and brand protection requirements.

To learn more about our sustainable approach to Clothing Destruction read our Environmental Statement.

Keeping your business, your business.®

If you want an obligation-free quote call 03 9460 9800, enquire about our services or book a collection.

The team at Corporate Document Destruction (CDD) are fantastic. We have used their confidential bin service for over 5 years! They are always reliable and very accommodating with special deliveries of extra bins and special pick-ups. Alex is very professional and a pleasure to deal with. It's nice to be able to pick up the phone and speak to the team and trust your request will be sorted. Great service and team! Thanks.

Angela, HR, The University of Melbourne

I haven’t had a chance until now to say thank you very much for all your years of service to our office.  Nothing was ever too much trouble for you.

Anna Bencic, Worksafe Victoria

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your assistance with this project. It was quite demanding and required a fairly big effort from yourself the rest of your team.

I believe I will be contacting you again in perhaps 2-4 weeks with a view to destroying additional tapes. As the previous task was fairly large, I will endeavour to reduce the quantity per day of destruction, so we may have another 2 trips to plan. Nonetheless, as soon as we are ready, I’ll be in touch.

Consignment Security Manager, Note Printing Australia Ltd

Cannot believe the response time - called Alex and he was in my office with his trolley within two minutes. TALK ABOUT EFFICIENT!!! Can't ask for better service than that :)

Lisa Caines

We have been using the secure shredding services of CDD for over 8 years and have at all times found such services to be times, efficient, courteous and competitive.

Managing Partner, Melbourne CBD Legal Services Firm

Thank you Alex!

We had a huge amount of document destruction to be undertaken and imagined it would take days but in fact it was completed in a matter of hours! The process was so easy and Alex is a pleasure to deal with. Very reliable, efficient and trustworthy with sensitive documents. Your service is absolutely fantastic- thank you again

Melbourne Spine Institute

Thank you for the quick and friendly service from the team at Corporate Document Destruction. I was very impressed with the fact that when I called I spoke directly to a human being (no call centre!), and they made my pick up their highest priority. Thanks again!

Meri H., CEO, Digital Marketing Company, Melbourne CBD

Thanks to Alex and the team at Corporate Document Destruction for their excellent and efficient service. We have a home office and had accumulated a few plastic tubs of documents that were too sensitive and personal to be thrown in the recycle bin. After talking with Alex he organised a bin to be delivered, the driver helped us load all our documents into the secure bin and took it right away. I never realised this would be so easy.

Michael S., Creative Director, Web Design Agency