Textiles

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:

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Textile Wastes - Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA in 2016

Carpets

Footwear only

Textiles & footwear

Textiles only

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

[1] Collins 2019. Definition of textile. Collinsdictionary.com. [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019]

[2] Digest of Waste Resources 2018 reporting data from 2016

[3] UK Statistics on Waste 2019 updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data

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