What do cities do to recycle their textiles?

Apr 25, 2016 by marlene

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The U.S municipalities have come a long way over the last thirty years with recycling programs.The average American consumes 70 pounds of clothes, shoes and household textiles a year. Urban area with a population of 50,000 annually pays for the handling and disposal of 3,000 tons of textiles. Innovative companies like RecycleBank, which partner with municipalities and haulers to reward households for the amount they recycle each week, has helped turn recycling into a family activity everyone can get excited about. Needless to say, discarded clothes are bad for the environment. But what is less understood is that they also damage city balance sheets. An urban area with a population of 50,000 annually pays for the handling and disposal of 3,000 tons of textiles.


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