According to a 2019 report, as much as 336 thousand tonnes of clothing ended up in household residual waste in the United Kingdom. The results from the report on textile consumption and used textiles in the UK further revealed that the majority of discarded clothing ended up in kerbside collections. Other than clothing items, other textile items such as shoes, bags and belts, of about 194 thousand tonnes, ended up in in household residual waste.
Distribution of textiles in household residual waste in the United Kingdom in 2017, by type of clothing and collection source
(in 1,000 metric tonnes)
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The source notes that data is taken from the report titled "National municipal commercial waste composition, England 2017". The source also adds the following information: "All figures rounded to the nearest thousand tonnes, so the sum of the individual elements may appear to not add up exactly."
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