UK throwing out £25m a year by sending clothes to landfill

Jessica Shankleman
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New WRAP research calls for drastic increase in textile recycling, as UNITE donates 7,000 Olympic wares to charity

Businesses, local authorities and individuals are being urged to boost their efforts to recycle or re-use unwanted clothes, after a new report found the UK is wasting millions of pounds annually by sending...

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