It may well be May now and relatively summery outside, but it won’t be long before the colder months are back and these come around all too soon for the homeless people on our streets. You may be wondering why we are writing a blog so early about winter but this is the perfect time
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Why not start a community textiles recycling initiative to raise funds? Pre-loved – Re-claimed – Re-purposed – Upcycled – Salvaged – Regenerate – Recycle. Call it what you will, it all helps to keep our everyday items such as clothing, shoes and household textiles out of landfill where they will do more harm than good.
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Recycled Clothing Banks can provide you with a FREE personalised textiles recycling bin which can boost your fundraising by up to £400 per tonne. Have you ever wondered how to earn cash for clothes in your community without having to individually list items on online selling sites? Wouldn’t it be great if you could get
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But some fashion brands are adopting the ‘greenwashing’ approach. Despite the current cost of living crisis and the slow economic recovery from Covid, consumers are still shopping and buying fast fashion products. The textile industry has an extremely important role to play in helping to fight climate change but not enough is being done even
read moreWhen it comes to throwing away your old clothing, unless you recycle them, they will end up in landfill. Humans have been disposing of rubbish in the same way for thousands and thousands of years: dig a big hole and bury leftovers in the ground. Quite exciting for archaeologists, who centuries later, are finding ancient
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