Clothing, textiles and shoes recycling collections

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We collect clothing, textiles and shoes in clearly marked plastic bags.

These should be placed alongside your recycling boxes, which we collect every week. You can use our online tool to look up your collection day.

What you can put out

Clothes, textiles and shoes.

You can use our Waste Wizard to look up specific items and see how you can recycle them.

What you can't put out

If you're not sure if we'll collect something, you can use our Waste Wizard to look up the item and see how to recycle it.

Why you should recycle textiles

Textiles are the second most polluting industry in the world. In West London, we dispose of 18,000 tonnes of textiles as rubbish every year. Nationally, we dispose of 300,000 tonnes every year.

What happens to textiles we collect

We sort textiles into:

  • clothes for sale in charity shops
  • clothes for export
  • rags
  • felt

Alternative ways to recycle textiles

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