The move follows an update in December that it had paused its collection contracts with Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs).
SATCoL is the trading arm of The Salvation Army and one of the largest second-hand textiles merchants in the UK.
Aaron Johnson, SATCoL’s Director of Clothing Collection Division, said: “We are always really grateful when people make the effort to donate their clothing. There are still thousands of Salvation Army clothing banks in operation but we understand it will be frustrating if you visit one that has been removed.
“We want to reassure our generous donors that we are giving careful thought to any decisions to remove clothing banks.”
SATCoL pointed to challenging market conditions that mean it is “no longer able to cover the full cost of collecting and processing donations”.
As a result, the trading arm will remove more of its banks to protect its operations.
SATCoL uses the profits from the sale of second-hand textiles to fund The Salvation Army’s community work.
Johnson continued: “We know that you want your donations to go towards supporting vulnerable people and reducing our clothing bank network will help ensure that your donations do just that.
“We are still in need of good quality second-hand clothing for sale in our charity shops and donation centres, and many thousands of these items are passed on to people who have very little or nothing at all.”
The public can find their nearest open donation point or store using SATCoL’s map function.
The public can continue to donate to The Salvation Army via post.
Difficulties in the second-hand textiles market
The entire textile reuse and recycling sector continues to struggle amongst dwindling demand from overseas markets and surplus of low-quality textiles due to ultra-fast fashion.
Charity shop collections and textiles banks continue to see low pricing which has further decreased this month.
Many merchants have had to start charging HWRCs for collections due to the low quality of textiles coming in from these sources, a reverse of the traditional payment structure.
View our more detailed textiles price index here.
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