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INTERVIEW: The challenges faced by the used textiles industry

Letsrecycle.com reporter Savannah Coombe spoke to Tosh Vyas, director of Fortune Eximports, and Mohammed Patel, business development manager at the Textile Recycling Association (TRA), to discuss the challenges facing the used textiles industry.

Watch the full interview here.

They discuss geopolitical issues that have affected trade including the war between Russia and Ukraine and the crisis in the Suez Canal.

Patel explains the steps the TRA is taking to address the issues and how the charity retail sector can help.

Vyas goes into why shipments containing “waste” that was classified as “textiles” may have been impounded by the Environment Agency.

Finally, they discuss whether there is any value to the collection of “bric-a-brac” and the future of the used textiles industry.

See the full video here. Read more about the problems facing the second-hand textiles industry here.

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