Islanders are being reminded that they can place unwanted clothes and textiles – such as outgrown school uniforms – at the kerbside on recycling day.
Households can place unwanted textiles or clothes separately in a standard plastic shopping bag or a clear/white sack. This is so the collection crew can see it is only textiles in the bag.
Simply leave the bag to the side of your recycling bin or green gull sack. The bin men will then place the textiles in a separate collection pod on the vehicle. This contents is then sent away to be either reused or recycled into new products such as mattress fillings.
Householders can also put out cushion covers, duvet covers, pillowcases and curtains out for recycling. However, the crew cannot take bulky items such as duvets, rugs, pillows or cushions.
The Council is encouraging residents to think about the 3 ‘Rs’ when it comes to unwanted clothing and textiles — Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Natasha Dix, the council’s strategic manager for the environment, said:
“It’s important we stop sending textiles to landfill.
“Natural textiles can take hundreds of years to decompose. Harmful gases such as methane and CO2 gas can be released into the atmosphere as part of this process.
Article continues below this advertisement “Synthetic textiles are even worse. They are not designed to break down. In landfill, they can release toxic substances into groundwater and soil. By collecting your unwanted textiles separately on recycling day, we can all play our part in trying to avoid this.”
Oops I meant my knickers…
Why don’t you sell them on wight bay ?
That’s what my mrs does.
Considering pillows,duvets etc seem to be items most important to be collected,with myself at least,l don’t understand how these items are any different ecologically than pillow cases,curtains etc ? Doesn’t make sense.
Maybe it’s more to do with what’s inside – could be foam or feathers for instance, rather than cotton etc.
IMO It would be because they are to bulky and take up to much space.
Good point.Maybe i’ll just burn them.
Hahahaha, please don’t do that though!
This is excellent and needs to be broadcast more.
It’s broadcast every time the recycling flyer comes through the door, I’ve recycled (apparently) lots of textiles this way. As for duvets and pillows, apart from giving to charities, which is obviously the right thing to do, is unfortunately in reality most likely too onerous for most of us to do, rightly or wrongly, (If there is another way to recycle them please feel free to enlighten me anyone). The truth of the matter is that all of us average Joes do a little bit to try and recycle and I am guilty of not doing enough like most other people I’m sure, but in reality all of our efforts end up in landfill anyway for all sorts of logistic and nonsense reasons…