recycling old clothes that no-one can wear...any ideas?

[PavlovtheCat]

I have had a clear out and have some clothes that are not fit for use (mainly old tee-shirts that I just never got round to throwing/sentimental reasons etc)
many items are - they will go to charity shops/clothing bank.

However, some just would not do for use. I have lots of rags myself already for floor etc and nowhere to store any more.

Does anyone know if there are companies who would use cotton clothes to re-use for recycled clothes (for example Next sell recycled cotton teeshirts). I would like to find a locally or nationally based co that might take these rather than throwing them out.

All ideas welcome!

our local tip has a section for clothes/rags so i just assumed they'd go for recycling there

i used to work in a charity shop and we had a weekly rag bag collection. ragbags were full of clothes not fit for wearing. maybe you could put them into a separate bag and tell the charity shops that they are rags and it saves them lot s of time in sorting them out. hth x

rag rugs good idea too!

for cleaning cloths

or our green box recycling takes them

My local Age Concern are happy to take any clothes regardless of the state as they also recycle them on as rags. . . hope tbhis helps

oh age concern! Excellent idea, thats the kind of thing I want! I did not know the recycling boxes took them?! Not that we have boxes, we have stupid 'bags'. I will see if they take it then...!

I have a black bin liner on the go all the time for clothes that could not be handed down-when full it goes to Barnardoes-they then get the cash and the rags are recycled

I have made old t shirts and sweatshirts into nappies. Cleaning cloths is also a good one.

I posted a query like this recently and was advised to take them to a clothing bank - they can make use of completely dilapidated clothes for rags, apparently. (If this is wrong, you can blame Hallgerda.