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Closed Require councils to collect textile waste as part of household recycling

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Around 360,000 Tonnes of clothes are thrown away in the UK every year. Waste is a feedstock which recyclers are finding hard to get access to. We believe adding textiles to household recycling will be both an environmentally friendly and a good commercial decision for the long run.

Textile Recycling has come a long way since Household Recycling Act was passed in 2003. The advent of AI has made it increasingly cheaper to sort out waste; and mechanical and chemical recycling facilities allow textile to be turned back into raw fibre form to be reused.

If the UK is to reach its Net-Zero targets then legislation around textile waste has to be part of the mix.

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