The textile banks will require residents to separate their clothing and home textiles donations into one bank for wearable and reusable items – labelled “Too Good To Throw Away” – and another bank for non-wearable or reusable items labelled “Worn Out”.
The new banks can be found in pairs across 10 locations in Kirklees.
| Location | Address |
| Birkenshaw Community Hall | Bradford Road, Birkenshaw BD11 2DR |
| Brighton Street WMC | Brighton Street, Heckmondwike WF16 9EY |
| Dewsbury RLFC | Tetley Stadium, Owl Lane, Dewsbury WF12 9RH |
| Edale Avenue | Edale Avenue, Newsome, Huddersfield HD4 6LL |
| Emley Leys Lane | Leys Lane, Emley HD8 9QY |
| Golcar | Sycamore Court, Golcar, Huddersfield HD3 4SS |
| DRAM Sports and Community Centre | Ridgeway, Dalton, Huddersfield, HD5 9QJ |
| Scapegoat Hill | Car park, Pike Law Lane, Huddersfield HD7 4NJ |
| Springwood Carpark | Old Street, Springwood HD1 4AL |
| Westborough WMC | Brunswick Street, Westborough WF13 4FD |
Each bank is branded with an explanation of the type and condition of textiles that can be donated. The donations will be collected by TRI to be sorted and processed in its clothing hub in Manchester.
Clothes in good condition will be sent on for resale, with the proceeds going to support Yorkshire charity Children’s Heart Surgery fund, while those that are no longer wearable will be recycled.
The processor will also collate data on whether the banks were used correctly. This data will be sent to WRAP for analysis until the end of October.
Councillor Munir Ahmed, Kirklees cabinet member for environment and highways, said: “These new banks will remove any confusion as to what textiles can and cannot be recycled and make it even easier for residents to make the shift to a more circular economy. Once the data gathering has concluded the facilities will remain on site and continue to collect both reusable and non-reusable textiles, supporting our aim for a zero-waste future.
“Recycling is a great start, but it is important to fully embrace the hierarchy of waste by reducing waste, reusing what you can, and recycling everything possible.”
UKFT ACT UK project
The trial is part of the Automatic-sorting for Circularity in Textiles (ACT UK) project, led by the UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT).
The association has said that the UK generates over one million tonnes of used textiles annually. The project aims to divert of thousands of tonnes of textile waste from landfill and disposal each year.
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