Old and worn out clothes recycling

[NewNameNigel]

I am having a clear out and I have some clothes that aren't in a good enough state for a charity shop but I think that fabric could potentially be reused.

Does anyone know of any schemes that do this? I live in London and am willing to take stuff to a drop off point to avoid it going into landfill.

Contact a few charity shops. I know a few that can sell waste fabric.

Thanks @Zarataralara that's good to know. I always thought that they only accepted things in a condition where they be resold.

Check your council website. Ours will pick up from kerbside and has a list of local fabric collection bins.

Thanks @MMAMPWGHAP , I did this and got list of those charity shop bins. but when I went to put them in there were singes on the outside of the bins that they want clothes in resell able condition so I didn't want just dump my rags into them.

I use the M&S shwopping bins. I think that quite a lot of other high street clothing retailers have them these days too. Surprised that you haven't seen them.

None of the charities around here will take clothes in good condition now, let alone some of the rags I have left. Mine will be going down the dump, they do have the clothing bins.

Asda George take back scheme, can donate clothes and textiles in any condition

takeback.george.com

Charity shops local to me will take clothes and fabrics that are labelled as ‘RAG’ as they sell it on by the kg. Not all charity shops though. There are a few that I can park in front of so that makes it easier to drop off heavy full bin bags.

Thanks everyone.
There is an Asda near me so I will definitely look into @LateToTheParty's suggestion!

Our local recycling centre - aka the 'tip' - has bins for textiles. Not sure if that's an option for you.

There’s sometimes a rag collection shop that pays per kilo. There’s one at my local garden centre and a shop on the high street.

You can compost them or place them directly in containers or as a mulch if they're made of natural fabric like cotton or wool.

Some of our local charity shops take them. I put them in a separate bag labelled "rags", which they seem to appreciate.

Don’t a lot of these rags end up in Africa, where some communities are totally swamped by them.

Not sure what the answer is.

H&M give you £5 voucher for each bag of clothing any condition and kids schuh take kids shoes any condition and again £5 off voucher