Textiles
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:
Carpets
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
Footwear only
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
Textiles & footwear
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
Textiles only
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
References
- ↑ Collins 2019. Definition of textile. Collinsdictionary.com. [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019]
- ↑ Recyclenow, 2019. Clothing & textiles | Recycle Now. [online Recyclenow.com. [Accessed 26 Oct. 2019].
- ↑ Digest of Waste Resources 2018 reporting data from 2016
- ↑ UK Statistics on Waste 2019 updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data