According to a 2019 report, charity shops and textile banks were the primary supply sources for used textiles when they were collected for re-use or recycling in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018. Other collection sources included Cash 4 clothes services, local authority kerbsides and school/community schemes, although less than five percent of used textiles were collected through these sources.
Textile recycling consists of collecting, sorting, and processing textiles for the purpose of re-use or recycling. In 2017, 336 thousand tonnes of clothing items ended up in household residual waste in the UK.
Distribution of used textiles collected for recycling and re-use in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by collection source
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The source notes that data is taken from the report titled "A quantification of used textile collections for re-use and recycling in the UK". * Local authority.
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WRAP. (December 19, 2019). Distribution of used textiles collected for recycling and re-use in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by collection source [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090164/recycling-used-textiles-collection-sources-in-the-uk/
WRAP. "Distribution of used textiles collected for recycling and re-use in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by collection source." Chart. December 19, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090164/recycling-used-textiles-collection-sources-in-the-uk/
WRAP. (2019). Distribution of used textiles collected for recycling and re-use in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by collection source. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090164/recycling-used-textiles-collection-sources-in-the-uk/
WRAP. "Distribution of Used Textiles Collected for Recycling and Re-use in The United Kingdom (Uk) in 2018, by Collection Source." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090164/recycling-used-textiles-collection-sources-in-the-uk/
WRAP, Distribution of used textiles collected for recycling and re-use in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by collection source Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090164/recycling-used-textiles-collection-sources-in-the-uk/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Distribution of used textiles collected for recycling and re-use in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by collection source [Graph], WRAP, December 19, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090164/recycling-used-textiles-collection-sources-in-the-uk/