Textile recycling

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1995 · Waste Age; (United States)

OSTI ID:6667131

Jablonowski, E ^[1]; Carlton, J

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1. Killam Associates, Millburn, NJ (United States)

The most common household textiles include clothing, linens, draperies, carpets, shoes, handbags, and rugs. Old clothing, of course, is the most readily reused and/or recycled residentially generated textile category. State and/or local mandates to recycle a percentage of the waste stream are providing the impetus to add new materials to existing collection programs. Concurrently, the textile industry is aggressively trying to increase its throughput by seeking new sources of material to meet increased world demand for product. As experienced with drop-off programs for traditional materials, a majority of residents will not recycle materials unless the collection programs are convenient, i.e., curbside collection. The tonnage of marketable textiles currently being landfilled provide evidence of this. It is the authors' contention that if textile recycling is made convenient and accessible to every household in a municipality or region, then the waste stream disposed may be reduced in a similar fashion as when traditional recyclables are included in curbside programs.

• OSTI ID: 6667131
• Journal Information: Waste Age; (United States), Journal Name: Waste Age; (United States) Vol. 26:1; ISSN WAGEAE; ISSN 0043-1001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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