Latest Textile recycling News
Climate Change Minister encourages skills for the Green Deal and launches The Green Deal Skills Alliance
Climate Change Minister Greg Barker recently launched a partnership to ensure the UK has the right skills to implement the Green Deal, the government’s flagship policy to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. The Green Deal aims to enable private firms to offer consumers energy improvements to their homes, communities and businesses at no upfront cost and to recoup payments as a charge in instalments on the energy bill. The Green Deal... [more]
Optimistic outlook for UNTHA UK in 2012
Industry experts at shredding technology leader UNTHA UK have predicted strong performance for 2012, not just for the company but for the entire recycling and waste management sector. Here, UNTHA UK managing director Chris Oldfield shared his forecasts for the year ahead, and explained what he’s got in store for one of the industry’s freshest brands. “2011 was the year that more and more organisations really started taking their approach to... [more]
Eco-innovators UK recycling businesses will receive dedicated funds
Following the launch of the new Eco-innovation Action Plan (EcoAP) by the EU, there are subsidies, training and funding available to businesses driving products, techniques, services or processes which are environmentally sound ? i.e. they aim at the prevention or reduction of environmental impacts or contribute to the optimal use of resources. Eco-innovators are expected to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to use resources such as water ... [more]
Getting to know the UNTHA VR series shredder
After 40 years in the industry, many organisations would find it difficult to maintain an innovative edge. Yet renowned for pioneering developments within the shredding technology marketplace, UNTHA has managed to continuously design and manufacture new and exciting machinery throughout the decades. The key driving force behind the invention of all UNTHA shredders is, ‘what do clients want’? This was certainly the case when UNTHA introduced t... [more]
( 1/2 ) 12 Simple steps for going green in 2012
As we head into 2012, many of us will be resolving to lose those few extra pounds, save more money, or spend a few more hours with our families and friends. But there are also some resolutions we can make to make our lives a little greener. Each of us, especially in the United States, can make a commitment to reducing our environmental impacts. "The global community, and particularly people living in industrialized societies, have put unsustai... [more]
Other Textile recycling news and reviews
Council For Textile Recycling Launches Education Initiative Promoting Clothing Recycling
Bel Air, MD (PRWEB) - For the first time ever clothing brands, retailers, consumers, municipalities, charitable organizations, academics and recyclers are joining forces to promote the recycling of clothing and textiles.
Recycling efforts in Cliffside Park help support PAL
In an attempt to expand its recycling efforts and simultaneously generate revenue for the borough, Cliffside Park, in partnership with H
Brookline Recycling Corner: The wonderful world of textile recycling
The first step in the path to zero waste is to find out what is still being thrown away. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the company that runs the incinerator where Brookline trash is burned teamed up to do just that. They came back with some interesting information.
Recycle for Za
PORTISHEAD-BASED charity Za has installed a new textile recycling bank in the town’s High Street.
Brookline Recycling Corner: Extended producer responsibility
Extended producer responsibility is the concept that producers and users should pay for the collection and recycling of their old products and packaging instead of expecting the taxpayers to do it.
Textile Collection Company Kept 60 Million Pounds of Textiles Out of Landfills in 2011
USAgain Announces Annual Collection FiguresChicago, IL (PRWEB) January 11, 2012 Today USAgain, a Chicago-based textile collection company, announced its annual collection figures. In 2011 alone USAgain collected 60 million pounds of textiles for reuse and recycling around the globe.Textile waste is a huge environmental issue. According to the EPA, Americans discard approximately 13.1 million ...
Mattias Wallander: The One Sock Resolution
Last spring I asked people to take the Not One Sock Pledge and commit to one year of not throwing any single textile in the trash. So my resolution, not a moment too soon, is to adhere to this pledge.
Industry makes rules for for-profit collectors of used clothing
BALTIMORE, Md. - A company collecting used clothing should state on its donation bins that it is a for-profit company.
Recycling experts: Your fabric has worth
WILMINGTON -- Open your closet, and you may notice your favorite jeans have gone through the washer one too many times.
With ThredUp, recycle kids' clothes by leaving them on the porch
A new service launching Wednesday through the online swapping site ThredUp makes recycling kids' clothes as easy as leaving them on your doorstep.
