These days we often live in a wasteful society, many homes end up disposing of a lot of waste clothes and fabrics even though they are perfectly reusable. The existence of really cheap clothes retailers such as Primark and other low cost brands means that many people can afford to be wasteful, with a pair of jeans costing less than £10.00 (approx. $6.00) most people will just dispose of their old ones rather than repair them by stitching etc.
Cheap brand clothing often comes at a human cost where the people of poorer countries end up being utilised as cheap labour, how else could these really low retail prices be achieved? The positive news is that people are quickly learning the advantages of disposing clothing indiscriminately. Landfills are costly to maintain and a lot of the materials that end up there can be reused.
When clothes are no longer desirable, either because they are out of fashion or maybe looking a bit tatty and worse for wear then donation to a clothes recycling charity is always a good option. Even if they are not in a wear-able condition the charity can make use of them as they can sell them by the weight, waste cloth has a residual value and charities often send out bags to filled and left on your doorstep for collection. This can be a very good revenue stream for some charities but the sad fact is that some unscrupulous companies use charity recycling as a ruse to collect clothes and waste cloth through doorstep collections, often the named charity will not see much or any of the funds raised in this situation. If you do have clothes to donate then it’s advisable to either contact the charity direct or use a bon-a-fide collection module, these are usually found at your local council recycling centres.
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