Used Textiles as a Revenue Stream Alan Wheeler – Director – Textile Recycling Association
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Used Textiles as a Revenue StreamAlan Wheeler – Director – Textile Recycling Association
Used Textiles as a Revenue Stream.
About the Textile Recycling Association• Established 1913.
• Trade Association for collectors, graders and exporters of used clothing and textiles.
• Membership includes both charities and businesses..
• TRA Code of Practice – Launched 2012.
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Used Textiles as a Revenue Stream.
The value of used clothing.
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Source – Lets Recycle.com (quoted mid price values)
Used Textiles as a Revenue Stream.
Used clothing collection rates in the UK.
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Source: Oakdene Hollins and Charity Retail Association.
Used Textiles as a Revenue Stream
Causal factors of the rise in value.
• 2004 – EU Expansion – 10 new countries joined.
• Temporary restrictions on migration strict in other countries.
• UK – established industry.
• British clothing considered to be “the best”.
• Government promotion of recycling.
• Specific promotion of textile recycling following Waste Strategy for England 2007.
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But what has happened since 2013
Value of used clothing from Jan 2013
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Source – Lets Recycle.com (quoted mid price values) and TRA
Used Textiles as a Revenue Stream
Causal Factors of price drop.
• Warm European Winter
• Expected influx of more winter wear from charity shops – problem expected to deepen.
• Decline in quality – driven down by proliferation of competition.
• Charity shops – eking more value out of donations by rotating unsold stock.
• New clothing producers struggling to shift their items• Resulting in pressure to reduce costs – quality suffers.
• Strong Pound, has made UK exports of used clothing more expensive.• Ghana – currency 29% lower than 1st Jan 2013
• Kenya – currency 20% lower than March 2013.
• Demand from Eastern Europe under constant pressure from rising standards of living.
• 16% of TRA members went out of business in 2013.
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Used Textiles as a Revenue Stream
Consequences.• Values across all grades have declined since the start of 2014.
• Charity shops reporting that some collectors are only taking higher value goods.
• Collectors are reducing the size of their collection areas.
• We are likely to see a decline in the number of Cash for Clothing operations.
• We will hopefully see a decline in theft of clothing.
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Used Textiles as a Revenue Stream
Solutions/The way forward.• Stay with collector if they continue to provide a competitive service.
• Ensure regular payments.
• If collector is only taking higher value items – ask for a price renegotiation.
• Consider teaming up with other charities in your area.
• Contact the TRA to find a collector.
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For more information, contact us at:
2 Old College Court, 29 Priory Street, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 0DE
0845 600 8276
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