Recycling of Low Grade Clothing Waste - Oakdene Hollins

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© Oakdene Hollins Ltd, Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd Nonwovens Innovation & Research Institute Ltd September 2006 Volume I Economic and Market Analysis For Defra Page 16
© Oakdene Hollins Ltd, Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd Nonwovens Innovation & Research Institute Ltd September 2006 3 Background to Economic and Market Analysis 3.1 Scope of Textile Materials Whilst the study is directed primarily at the markets for used clothing, the textile recycling industry also handles shoes, leather goods and non‐apparel textiles such as household linens, soft furnishings and some carpets. Clothes and shoes dominate the market, with non‐apparel materials making up a relatively small portion of the total. 3.2 Material Flows In the UK, the collection of used textiles is largely carried out by charity organisations through a combination of door‐to‐door collections, textile banks, and receipts at the high street charity shops themselves. Items that are saleable in the shops are retained and the surplus is sold to textile merchants for sorting and onward sale, either as re‐useable clothing to export markets, or as recycling grades for pulling and conversion into felts, etc. by textile processors. In continental Europe, collection of textiles involves a considerable number of non profit‐making social enterprises whilst most of the sorting is carried out by commercial companies. A degree of waste is generated at the collection and sorting stages. This will comprise items such as wet or soiled clothes, carrier bags and other waste items, and these will have to be disposed of to the waste stream at a cost to the organisation handling the materials. Whilst the industry sorts and distributes used textiles into some 140 different grades, this report simplifies consideration of the market by using five categories as follows: • UK Re‐use. Wearable items resold in the UK through retail shops. This is considered the ‘cream’ of used textiles. • Export Re‐use. Wearable items exported for resale in second‐hand ‘retail’ outlets and markets. • Wiper Grade. Material suitable for use as rags and wipers with little or no further processing. • Recycling Grade. Material suitable for pulling or shredding into fibres for use in new end products. • Waste. Material that cannot be resold or recycled which is disposed to the UK waste stream. For Defra Page 17
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