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SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
METHODS OF RECYCLING IN THE TEXTILE AND CLOTHING SECTOR
- Making a textile or clothing product from waste consumer goods, such as
plastic bottles or waste
- polyester yarn
- Reusing waste textile and clothing products in a way which avoids throwing
the items away
- Shredding textiles and clothing into fibres for use in new products
- Redistribution of a textile or clothing item in its original form
- Reuse of the fabric from which a textile or clothing item is made
RECYCLING ACTIVITY IN SELECTED NATIONAL TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRIES
LEGISLATION AFFECTING TEXTILE RECYCLING
- The Waste Framework Directive (WFD)
TEXTILE RECYCLING ASSOCIATIONS
- Bureau of International Recycling (BIR)
- Textile Recycling Association
- Vereniging Herwinning Textiel (VHT - The Textile Recycling Association)
- Federation des Entreprises du Recyclage (FEDEREC - Federation of Recycling
Enterprises)
- Fachverband Textil-Recycling (FTR - Textile Recycling Trade Association)
- The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textile (SMART) Association
SELECTED GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES TO ENCOURAGE TEXTILE RECYCLING
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOs) INVOLVED IN TEXTILE RECYCLING
- Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development (TRAID)
- Goonj project
TEXTILE COMPANIES INVOLVED IN RECYCLING
- Jimtex Yarns
- Teijin
- Unifi
APPAREL COMPANIES INVOLVED IN RECYCLING
- American Apparel
- Marks & Spencer (M&S)
- Patagonia
- Polartec
- Uniqlo
- Wal-Mart
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