Overview
A textile is defined as type of cloth or fabric, especially ones that have been woven[1] .
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] .
Macro Tonnage
The most recent information published by DEFRA [3] [4] 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 :
File:Textiles Pie Chart.png Textile Wastes - Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA in 2016
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
Pembrokeshire County Council
Comingled recyclate
Materials recovery facility
A J Recycling Ltd
Meigan Wells, Blaenfodd, Boncath, Pembrokeshire
Carpets
7,459.55
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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
{{{date}}}
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
{{{date}}}
Merseyside WDA (MBC)
Source segregated recyclate
Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)
Other/Exempt
Phoenix Works, Phoenix Way, Burnely,BB11 5SX
Carpets
3,835.28
{{{date}}}
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
{{{date}}}
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
{{{date}}}
Warrington Borough Council
Source segregated recyclate
Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)
Site details not known
Unknown
Carpets
1,850.42
{{{date}}}
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
{{{date}}}
Edinburgh, City of
Residual waste
RDF, autoclave, MHT or similar
Not Available
Not Available
Carpets
1,742.37
{{{date}}}
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
{{{date}}}
Vale of Glamorgan Council
Source segregated recyclate
Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)
Other/Exempt
FCC Environmental NEW INNNew InnPontypoolLB3290HK
Carpets
1,424.16
{{{date}}}
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
{{{date}}}
Halton Borough Council
Source segregated recyclate
Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)
Veolia Environmental Services Merseyside & Halton Ltd
Stonebridge Lane, Gillmoss, Liverpool, Merseyside
Carpets
1,264.48
{{{date}}}
Carmarthenshire County Council
Source segregated recyclate
Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)
Other/Exempt
CWM Environmental Ltd; Nantycaws Waste Management SiteLlanddarog RdNantycawsCarmarthenCarmarthenshire
Carpets
1,234.74
{{{date}}}
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
{{{date}}}
East Ayrshire
Source segregated recyclate
Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)
Not Available
Not Available
Carpets
1,168.85
{{{date}}}
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
{{{date}}}
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
Authority
Stream
Facility
Operator
Address
Material
Tonnes
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
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
Warrington Borough Council
Source segregated recyclate
Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)
Site details not known
Unknown
Textiles only
1,850.42
{{{date}}}
Glasgow City
Source segregated recyclate
Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)
Not Available
Not Available
Textiles only
1,804.52
{{{date}}}
Bromley LB
Source segregated recyclate
Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)
Multiple destinations
Multiple
Textiles only
1,537.94
{{{date}}}
Edinburgh, City of
Source segregated recyclate
Reuse (qu35)
Not Available
Not Available
Textiles only
1,534.38
{{{date}}}
Merseyside WDA (MBC)
Source segregated recyclate
Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)
Other/Exempt
Beldray Works, Beldray Road, Bilston, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Textiles only
1,255.61
{{{date}}}
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