The difficulty that you have had has made me look at what happens online again. https://www.recyclenow.com/recycle-an-item/clothing-textiles?utm_source=loveyourclothes So I looked up recycling textiles and or clothing on the ealing.gov.uk website and went to the Greenford Reuse & Recycling Centre and it doesn't say anything about landfill. I found myself redirected to Recycle Now which is a website run by WRAP who I remember had an absolutely brilliant website and initiative called Love Your Clothes which had lots of information on looking after your clothes to make them last longer but which they have basically pulled.  However one of the first lines in the guff about clothing and textiles is this: "Did you know that in the UK, around 49% of all unwanted textiles gets thrown in the rubbish bin each year? That's around 35 items, per person, per year. The good news is that there are lots of simple ways to keep clothing and textiles in use, and out of the bin." When they say 'bin' there - they actually mean the landfill bin!!! What I do think is a problem is that since Covid there have not been so many charity shops and so many volunteers to sort out clothing and textiles and also that they get a lot of stuff which is dirty.  Unless something is an expensive looking piece of clothing they are also unlikely to mend anything before putting it on their rails. Yes, bring back the jumble sale!  Those were a treasure trove for things that could be mended, and zips and buttons that could be reused and material for mending and making patchwork etc but many young people seem not to be able to even sew a button on nowadays! Often on this website you will find that when requested you will get recommendations for people - usually at dry cleaning shops - who can mend clothing, take up hems, alter waistbands etc.  Nowadays there is a great elastic being manufactured with button holes set along its length which is wonderful for easily changing the tightness or looseness of waistbands. Another action you can take is to report any full clothing banks to the Council or to the charity concerned.  Sometimes they have website addresses or numbers that you can text or phone.  Summer holidays are likely to be a time when students have left college and are emptying out their digs and wardrobes and families are also doing the same.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Old Clothes, Recycle or Give to Charity - If your friends wouldn't buy it, bin it?	27/07/26 10:35:00	Alan Anderson
Re:Old Clothes, Recycle or Give to Charity - If your friends wouldn't buy it, bin it?	27/07/26 13:01:00	N V Brooks
Re:Re:Old Clothes, Recycle or Give to Charity - If your friends wouldn't buy it, bin it?	27/07/26 16:10:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Old Clothes, Recycle or Give to Charity - If your friends wouldn't buy it, bin it?	27/07/26 17:30:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Clothes, Recycle or Give to Charity - If your friends wouldn't buy it, bin it?	30/07/26 00:07:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Clothes, Recycle or Give to Charity - If your friends wouldn't buy it, bin it?	30/07/26 17:50:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Clothes, Recycle or Give to Charity - If your friends wouldn't buy it, bin it?	30/07/26 18:26:00	Philippa Bond

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