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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<ref>Recyclenow, 2019. [https://www.recyclenow.com/what-to-do-with/clothing-textiles-0 Clothing & textiles | Recycle Now. [online] Recyclenow.com. [Accessed 26 Oct. 2019].</ref>. Whilst [[Carpets]] are included in this category in WikiWaste, the options for reuse and recycling are still relatively limited in number in the UK.
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<ref>Recyclenow, 2019. [https://www.recyclenow.com/what-to-do-with/clothing-textiles-0 Clothing & textiles | Recycle Now. [online] Recyclenow.com. [Accessed 26 Oct. 2019].</ref>. Whilst [[Carpets]] are included in this category in WikiWaste, the options for reuse and recycling are still relatively limited in number in the UK.
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== Macro Tonnage ==
== Macro Tonnage ==
The most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref> 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]]:
The most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref> 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]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2"| Textile Wastes
|-
| colspan="2"|{{Graph:MaterialPie|Width=200|Height=200|size=200|offset=175|val1=5|val2=6|val3=18559|val4=142|val5=10224|val6=146589}}
|-
! colspan="2"|Data Table
|-
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF)
| style="text-align:right;"| 5
|-
| Mining and Quarrying (MQ)
| style="text-align:right;"| 6
|-
| Industrial (Ind)
| style="text-align:right;" | 18,559
|-
| Construction (Con)
| style="text-align:right;" | 142
|-
| Commercial (Com)
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,224
|-
| Household (HH)
| style="text-align:right;" | 146,589
|}


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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).
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).
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