Charity shops welcome donations of clothes and other textiles. In most parts of Shropshire they also offer free kerbside collections too. You can also recycle textiles at our household recycling centres and at most recycling points.

What textiles can be recycled?

• clean clothing
• towels
• sheets and blankets
• duvet covers
• hats, scarfs, gloves
• leathers, belts and handbags
• pillow cases
• shoes in pairs
• curtains

To keep them clean and dry, please put your textiles in a bag before putting them in the recycling bank.

What textiles don't they want?

• Dirty materials
• Duvets
• Pillows
• Carpets and rugs
• General rubbish

What happens to the textiles?

The textiles go to BCR Global Textiles near Birmingham where they are sorted according to quality. Nice wearable items get re-used mainly in Africa although some items are resold in the UK. The lower quality items which cannot be sold secondhand get shredded down for cleaning cloths, and used to make 'shoddy' which is used for stuffing sofas and cushions.

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