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[[File:Textiles Pie Chart.png|frame|center|Textile Wastes - Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA in 2016]] | [[File:Textiles Pie Chart.png|frame|center|Textile Wastes - Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA in 2016]] | ||
== Carpets == | == Carpets == | ||
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a singe waste operator. | |||
== Footwear only == | == Footwear only == | ||
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a singe waste operator. | |||
== Textiles & footwear == | == Textiles & footwear == | ||
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a singe waste operator. | |||
== Textiles only == | == Textiles only == | ||
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a singe waste operator. | |||
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Revision as of 13:35, 5 December 2019
Overview
A textile is defined as type of cloth or fabric, especially ones that have been woven[1]. .
Macro Tonnage
The most recent information published by DEFRA [2] [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:
Carpets
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a singe waste operator.
Footwear only
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a singe waste operator.
Textiles & footwear
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a singe waste operator.
Textiles only
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a singe waste operator.
References
- ↑ Collins 2019. Definition of textile. Collinsdictionary.com. [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019]
- ↑ Digest of Waste Resources 2018 reporting data from 2016
- ↑ UK Statistics on Waste 2019 updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data