Textiles

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Textiles are defined as types of cloth or fabric, especially ones that have been woven[1].

Overview

Clothes and Textiles that are in good condition can be donated and sold for reuse. Items that aren’t suitable to be passed onto someone else can be recycled and made into new items, such as padding for chairs and car seats, cleaning cloths and industrial blankets[2]. Whilst Carpets are included in this category in WikiWaste, the options for reuse and recycling are still relatively limited in number in the UK. ‌

Macro Tonnage

The most recent information published by DEFRA [3] is summarized in the pie chart below, with 175,526 tonnes of textiles generated in the UK in 2016 and is part of the broader tonnage summarized in UK Waste Tonnage:

Textile Wastes
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Data Table
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF) 5
Mining and Quarrying (MQ) 6
Industrial (Ind) 18,559
Construction (Con) 142
Commercial (Com) 10,224
Household (HH) 146,589


The macro numbers above do not breakdown the component elements of textiles, but the following textiles headers in the page are as handled by local authorities and as reported through WasteDataFlow (and included in this data are tonnages of carpets handled by local authorities).

Carpets

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 1000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.


Authority Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes Reporting Period
Pembrokeshire County Council Comingled recyclate Materials recovery facility A J Recycling Ltd Meigan Wells, Blaenfodd, Boncath, Pembrokeshire Carpets 7,459.55 Apr21 - Mar22
Greater Manchester WDA (MBC) Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Econpro WDS Ltd (Carpets); 55 Hoghton Street, Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom Carpets 6,276.34 Apr21 - Mar22
Merthyr Tydfil CBC Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Bryn Quarry Ltd Bryn Quarry Ltd, Gellia'R-Gwellt Uchaf, Gelligaer, Hengoed, Caerphilly Carpets 6,273.94 Apr21 - Mar22
Merseyside WDA (MBC) Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Phoenix Works, Phoenix Way, Burnely,BB11 5SX Carpets 3,835.28 Apr21 - Mar22
Staffordshire County Council Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Tidysite Skip Services Ltd Tidysite Skip Services Ltd, Parkhouse Ind Est, Parkhouse Road East, Chesterton, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire Carpets 2,410.35 Apr21 - Mar22
Cardiff County Council Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Atlantic Recycling Ltd Ty - To - Maen Farm, Newton Road, Rumney, Cardiff, Glamorgan Carpets 2,350.16 Apr21 - Mar22
Warrington Borough Council Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Site details not known Unknown Carpets 1,850.42 Apr21 - Mar22
City and County of Swansea Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Neath Abbey Wharf, Neath, Neath Port Talbot [Wv1Der002/0/12.1] SA10 6BL Carpets 1,825.84 Apr21 - Mar22
Edinburgh, City of Residual waste RDF, autoclave, MHT or similar Not Available Not Available Carpets 1,742.37 Jan21 - Dec21
Ceredigion County Council Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) L A S Waste Ltd L A S Waste, Tregaron Road, Lampeter, Ceredigion Carpets 1,675.12 Apr21 - Mar22
Vale of Glamorgan Council Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt FCC Environmental NEW INNNew InnPontypoolLB3290HK Carpets 1,424.16 Apr21 - Mar22
Ceredigion County Council Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) C B Environmental Ltd Rheidol Recycling Park, Glan-Yr-Afon Ind Est, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion Carpets 1,396.22 Apr21 - Mar22
Halton Borough Council Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Veolia Environmental Services Merseyside & Halton Ltd Stonebridge Lane, Gillmoss, Liverpool, Merseyside Carpets 1,264.48 Apr21 - Mar22
Carmarthenshire County Council Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt CWM Environmental Ltd; Nantycaws Waste Management SiteLlanddarog RdNantycawsCarmarthenCarmarthenshire Carpets 1,234.74 Apr21 - Mar22
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Allensway Recycling Ltd Prospect House, Holme On Spalding Moor, York, Yorkshire Carpets 1,193.26 Apr21 - Mar22
East Ayrshire Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Not Available Not Available Carpets 1,168.85 Jan21 - Dec21
Wigan MBC Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt EconPro, Unit 13A, Deeside Industrial Estate (Zone 1 Central), Drome Road, Deeside. CH5 2LR Carpets 1,016.62 Apr21 - Mar22

Footwear only

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 200 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.


Authority Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes Reporting Period
Warrington Borough Council Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Site details not known Unknown Footwear only 1,850.42 Apr21 - Mar22
Greater Manchester WDA (MBC) Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt SWD Premier Clothing Exports Ltd; Unit 4f, Worsley Trading Estate, Lester Rd, Little Hulton, Manchester, Lancashire Footwear only 629.14 Apr21 - Mar22
Birmingham City Council Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Books Wilcox Beldray Works, Beldray Road, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 7NHTetiles and footwear a number of charities Footwear only 503.55 Apr21 - Mar22
North Lanarkshire Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Not Available Not Available Footwear only 463.01 Jan21 - Dec21
Staffordshire County Council Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Wilcox Industrial Supply Co.; Beldray WorksBeldray Road Bilston,West Midlands, Footwear only 309.05 Apr21 - Mar22
Kirklees MBC Source segregated recyclate Reuse (qu35) Other/Exempt St Vincent de Paul Society; Unit 1 Wellington ArcadeBrighouseWest Yorkshire Footwear only 287.33 Apr21 - Mar22
North Tyneside Council Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Salvation Army Trading Co Ltd 2-4 Bridge Street, Brechin, Angus Footwear only 214.37 Apr21 - Mar22

Textiles & footwear

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 3000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.


Authority Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes Reporting Period

Textiles only

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 900 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.


Authority Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes Reporting Period
Warrington Borough Council Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Site details not known Unknown Textiles only 1,850.42 Apr21 - Mar22
Glasgow City Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Not Available Not Available Textiles only 1,804.52 Jan21 - Dec21
Bromley LB Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Multiple destinations Multiple Textiles only 1,537.94 Apr21 - Mar22
Edinburgh, City of Source segregated recyclate Reuse (qu35) Not Available Not Available Textiles only 1,534.38 Jan21 - Dec21
Merseyside WDA (MBC) Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Beldray Works, Beldray Road, Bilston, Wolverhampton, West Midlands Textiles only 1,255.61 Apr21 - Mar22

References

  1. ↑ Collins 2019. Definition of textile. Collinsdictionary.com. [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019]
  2. ↑ Recyclenow, 2019. Clothing & textiles | Recycle Now. [online Recyclenow.com. [Accessed 26 Oct. 2019].
  3. ↑ UK Statistics on Waste 2020
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