TEXTILE RECYCLING

Jenin — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:20:28 GMT

Old clothes are accepted by recycling banks.
Most home recycling bins, provided by your local council, accept old clothes and textiles.
Old clothes could be donated to charity shops. Taking the old textiles to the jumble shops is another option.
Rather than throwing away old textile items, they could be used to make cushion covers, cleaning clothes etc.
Old woolies are shredded and re-spun taking half the energy of new wool. However, the re-spun wool needs to be washed thoroughly.
It is estimated that, of collected textiles:

6% goes to waste

12% goes for fiber reclamation

19% goes for filling materials

21% goes for wiping cloths

38% goes for second hand clothing

4% goes for second hand shoes

The textile recycling association may be contacted for more information regarding textile recycling. You can reach them through their website- www.textile-recycling.org.uk.

Advantages of textile recycling and reuse:

ü Reduces the need for landfill space. Textiles present particular problems in landfill as synthetic (man-made fibers) products will not decompose, while woolen garments do decompose and produce methane, which contributes to global warming.

ü Reduces pressure on virgin resources.

ü Aids the balance of payments as we import fewer materials for our needs.

ü Results in less pollution and energy savings, as fibers do not have to be transported from abroad.

How to Recycle?

TEXTILE RECYCLING