What to do with old knickers

[goingonabearhunt1]

About to have a cull of all worn out undies and don't want to just fling them in the bin. The council take clothes in the black box but it says 'usable clothing' on their website so I'm assuming that doesnt include gross old knickers Does anyone know what I should do with them?

And cotton. So you can fuck off with your angry face! 😂

I'm all for trying to prevent filling up landfill but come onit's old pants.

Millions and millions of old pants is a pant mountain though.

Here you go, Edthebear

www.bir.org/industry/textiles/

Cheers - interesting read.

However for pants I'd stick with the bin. Do you really want some poor sod handling your used knickers!

I launder them first!

Plus, the Council here will not accept any textiles in the waste collection any more. They must be recycled.

My local charity shop sells "rags" for recycling. So long as everything in the"rag bag" is clean then it's ok.

Btw I hand the bag over saying "this is all for recycling", so they don't actually need to go empty it all out.

Chris Carey banks still collect anything - Kirstie Allsop featured her

Bin, or give them to DH to use to clean his bike chain.

Take them to Oxfam in a bag marked "rags". They'll recycle them..

Of course you should bin them. FFS, even charities don't want your used knickers...as for the poster who suggested a homeless shelter..shame on you.

Charities get good money per tonne from selling on textiles for ragging/recycling. Just wash them first.

Curbside - you might hand them in to be recycled but somewhere along the line somebody has to empty and sort.

Having seen a pair of gents boxers turn up in a bag of sorted rags, cut at the crotch and down one side to make a flatish rag, I'm still a bit at the though of somebody handling my old knickers washed or otherwise.

For the councils that don't want textiles in the general waste, what do they want people to do with oily or dirty rags?
There is a limit to the number of times things can be recycled.

I cut up old (clean) pants and dusters etc and use them at home to stuff cushions and plump up my old Moroccan pouffe!

It is a very long time since I sent any textile to landfill.

I don't seem to get through underwear that quickly I move it from best to normal to gym to period. I helped in a charity shop weekly for a year. I wore gloves and found stale smoke infused clothes worse than clean underwear.

Landfill will be full of underwear and other textiles if it can't be recycled.

of course wash the pants
put them in a recycling bag separate from clothes which can be re-used
label the bag "Recycling only"
take it to a charity shop (who get given money for rags from recycling companies)
or put in a textiles bin in your supermarket car park or local domestic tip.

Or re-use as cleaning rags at home.

There is no need whatsoever for them to go in the bin.

I use old socks as dusters. With one on each hand I can dust twice as fast! Shake or bang the dust off after each use and wash in with the normal socks washing.

Or roll old white/light socks up into balls, put a couple of drops of an essential oil on them (lavender is nice) and use as drying balls in the tumble dryer.

So once they have been used as rags for dusting and cleaning, then where do they go?

Any clothing bank at supermarkets etc will take them. Clothes they can’t sell on get recycled

Use them as rags. They last for ages. Long shot but - If they are cotton you could stick them in the compost heap that has magically appeared in a corner of your garden. Or, if you don't have a compost heap, a good friend might.