Cash for old clothes

darkpool

Ever thrown a pile of old clothes into the bin?

I thought MSE readers in the West of Scotland might be interested in a company that buys old clothes. They pay 50 pence a kilo for old clothes/ textiles etc.

I'd imagine there must be similar companies in other parts of the country.

http://www.glasgow-recycling.co.uk/

PS I've nothing to do with this company - I'd just rather see people get money for their old stuff rather than bin it.

lostinrates

darkpool wrote: »

Ever thrown a pile of old clothes into the bin?

I thought MSE readers in the West of Scotland might be interested in a company that buys old clothes. They pay 50 pence a kilo for old clothes/ textiles etc.

I'd imagine there must be similar companies in other parts of the country.

http://www.glasgow-recycling.co.uk/

PS I've nothing to do with this company - I'd just rather see people get money for their old stuff rather than bin it.

There has been talk on the news today of charity donations of clothes being stolen too. I'd rather get the rag value if I could, and donate the money to a cause ...particularly for things that really are rags and not suitable to sell in a charity shop.

RAS

We get bag requests from companies who are do not make it really clear that they are commercial clothing collectors. They hype the "give your old clothes to poor people in developing nations and provide employment" without making it plain that they are shipping container loads of stuff out, paying peanuts for local sorting and then selling at a good profit. In the mean-time wrecking the local cloth and clothing manufacturers and crafts people. And reducing the take for UK charities.

Locally they have stopped using words like "charity collection" and have started using the words company and giving the company number, but they still put "donate your old clothes to poor people in Africa" on the bags.

Our local branch of Emmaneus (sp) gather together anything not saleable, sort it into fabric types and sell it to the shoddy manufacturers. They were getting £2.50 - £4 a bag a couple of years ago.

newleaf

I take my old clothing in person to my chosen charity shops. If they can't sell it I would like them to get the rag revenue from it.

LJM

my friend works for a charity and she collects all mine from me so i know where it goes