I have taken issue with the major supermarkets many of which have made it their policy to only have clothing recycling facilities from two national charities in their car parks. Everyone else has been packed off. This is having big impact on our industry which relied on having supermarket sites allocated to them because these are the best sites for collection.
So as well as missing out on volume collection points, where we were operating on behalf of local charities particularly those without retail shops, an important income stream has been cut off in its prime.
I wonder how supporters of those local charities feel now that they have no choice in the matter of where their charitable clothing donations go? This seems wrong to me.
It’s not good news for our partners in the local authority either because in our capacity to remove textiles from the waste stream we helped them reach their recycling targets and we paid a fee to them for the clothing we collected, sorted and re-sold through export markets.
So as well as missing out on volume collection points, where we were operating on behalf of local charities particularly those without retail shops, an important income stream has been cut off in its prime.
I wonder how supporters of those local charities feel now that they have no choice in the matter of where their charitable clothing donations go? This seems wrong to me.
It’s not good news for our partners in the local authority either because in our capacity to remove textiles from the waste stream we helped them reach their recycling targets and we paid a fee to them for the clothing we collected, sorted and re-sold through export markets.
In the interests of fairness and consumer choice, definitely time for a rethink!
Maxine Sault, MD BCR Global Textiles
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