Textile recycling covers all types of cloth and materials and has been carried out for generations. Clothing, bedding and towels and all other textiles can easily be recycled by passing them onto people who may reuse them or wear them.
Textiles or clothes can be reused or recycled in many ways. Jumble sales, charity shops even yard sales are all good ways to recycle textiles and re-usable clothes and cloth items.
You can often find clothing banks located at small recycling points along with bottle banks, you can drop of clothes and textiles here, often these clothing banks are linked to a charity through a private textile and cloth collection company.
Almost all local household waste recycling sites have clothing banks or skips where you can safely recycle clothes and textiles. Before you travel to the dump or tip check that your local facility has the relevant collection points available.
