Textiles
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Charity shops call for more clothing donations
14 May 2012Charity Retail Association launches campaign calling for householders to bring donations to shops instead of selling or storing them
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Wales reliant on sending recyclables to rest of UK
5 April 2012Welsh Government report reveals end destinations of recovered materials collected by every council in Wales
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Salvation Army acquires Kettering Textiles
2 April 2012Trading arm of charity acquires textile collection firm, in a move welcomed by environment secretary Caroline Spelman
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London textile contract ‘could devastate charities’
5 March 2012Textile recycling charity TRAID warns of severe impact a London-wide contract for the sale of recyclables could have on the textile sector
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London councils seek city-wide textile bank contract
1 March 2012Textiles first material to be considered under project looking at how local authorities can team up to sell recyclables
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Textiles ‘survival sack’ being developed by WRAP
29 February 2012Project underway to develop a bag to collect textiles commingled that is capable of withstanding a MRF
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UK diverts 16.5% of carpet waste from landfill
27 February 2012Carpet Recycling UK’s latest figures reveal that over 66,000 tonnes of carpet was diverted from landfill in 2011
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Textile Recycling Association appoints new president
23 February 2012Annual General Meeting hears that Ross Barry will be following in his father Lawrence’s footsteps by taking over reigns of organisation in March
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Textile recyclers ‘also losing textile bank revenue’
10 February 2012Following concerns by textile recycling charities, private companies say councils’ decisions to seek contracts for textile bank sites also impacts them
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Charities ‘squeezed out’ of clothes bank market
30 January 2012Charities claim they are unable to compete for council textile bank contracts with private firms which pay high prices
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