what do cities do towards recycling textile?

Apr 26, 2016 by Damaris Chamale

This blog will be about the textile recycling in Mesa,United States; Helsinki, Finland; and Germersheim, Germany. 

In the Unites States, they collect clothing or any material that are not needed anymore and resell them or create something better with it. For example,in Mesa they offer a textile recycling bins for any material that are no longer needed or used. 

http://www.mesaaz.gov/residents/solid-waste-trash-recycling/textile-recycling

In addition, Finland collect material that are not needed or not used anymore and make clothing out of it. For example, in Helsinki there is a company named Pure Waste that makes 100% recycled yarns, fabrics, and ready made garments. all of their products are made out of recycled textile waste.

http://www.purewaste.org/company/about-us.html

In Germany there is a company,Remitex, in a small town called Germersheim, Remitex, they organise the collection of used textiles, sort them according to their quality and use and reintroduce them into the textile cycle. This company has textile banks to North from Mainz to the southernmost point far beyond Freiburg,Germany. also they cooperate with non-profit/charitable organisations, private companies or public institutions. 

http://www.remitex.de/en/

 P.3 Jhan Allyssa and Damaris

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