Peterborough City Council has set up 12 new “textile bring banks”, making it possible for residents to recycle old clothing and other fabrics that have been banned from household wheelie bins.
Shoes and textiles have been banned from household recycling bins as they can become entangled with broken glass from jars and bottles, making it impossible to recycle any of the materials.
Amy Nebel, the council’s recycling officer, said: “It is dangerous if pieces of broken glass become entangled in the fabric, and that means they cannot be recycled. While people can donate good quality clothes for re-sale through charity shops, the new textile bring banks provide an additional recycling route for all types of clothing and other fabrics.”
She went on to say: “By recycling textiles at the new bring banks, people will be supporting Peterborough’s reputation as the UK’s environment capital and working towards the city council’s target to recycle more than 65 per cent of household and garden materials by 2020.”
According to the recycling officer, most of the UK’s unwanted used textiles end up in landfill, where they produce the globally-warming gas methane as they decompose.
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