What can my organisation do?
Working collaboratively, organisations in the clothing industry can find new opportunities and develop fresh revenue streams by diverting some of the 30% of our textiles that end up landfill into markets for re-use and recycling.
By using WRAP’s independent research, re-use organisations, reprocessors and local authorities can learn how to build effective partnerships, gain advice on good practice and implement schemes to increase collection rates.
Textiles market situation report
Our in-depth analysis on the latest economic trends and developments affecting the capture, re-use, and recycling of key recovered materials.
Guidance on textile collection
Our Textiles Collection Guide is designed to help local authorities and textiles collectors increase re-use and recycling and reduce the amount of textiles arriving at landfill.
Textiles collections procurement guide
Our procurement guide helps local authorities and textiles collectors operate effective and resilient collection arrangements that strike a balance between service costs and quality.
Textile Recycling & Reprocessing
Fibre to fibre recycling
To meet future demand for clothing, and to minimise the environmental impacts of manufacturing new clothing, there is a need for alternative sources of fibre including, potentially, recycled fibres. Read our economic and financial sustainability assessment.
De-labelling branded corporate-wear for re-use
Our report identifies commercially viable and emerging de-labelling or de-branding technologies that might be utilised for end of life corporate-wear and assesses their cost and carbon impacts alongside the economic benefits of garment re-use.