In the foreground of the picture (L to R) are John Lee, NNDC deputy leader, and Paul Ozanne, Salvation Army; Photo credit: Rod Cartmell/NNDC.
North Norfolk District Council’s charity clothing collection with Kier raises thousands for Salvation Army
By DONNA-LOUISE BISHOP, Reporter
Monday, February 13, 2012
4:43 PM
Nearly 12 tonnes of textiles have been gathered during a charity clothing collection in north Norfolk, raising thousands of pounds to help a national charity supporting people in need.
Launched by North Norfolk District Council (NNDC), the initiative aims to raise money for the Salvation Army and increase the amount of waste recycled in the area.
The first household collection took place last month and a further three are planned for the year.
Of the scheme, NNDC deputy leader and cabinet member for environmental services, councillor John Lee, said: “It is very pleasing to know that the textiles and shoes collected will not be going to landfill, but will be sold for recycling and the funds raised then used for a very good purpose.
“We do realise there were a few bags that were not collected which is disappointing but it’s the first time we have done the collection and in the future we will iron out these issues.
“There are also several places people can take their items in between collections too, such as charity shops.”
Households in the area were given the opportunity to send their old clothes, unwanted textiles and shoes for recycling as part of the initiative in conjunction with waste contractors Kier.
The items collected will be processed and sold on behalf of the charity.
At the current market rate for recycled textiles and shoes the charity will receive around £260 per tonne of donated clothing - approximately £3120 for this collection alone.
Mr Lee added that the council wanted to “get one step ahead of the game” when it comes to recycling and was also pleased to be helping charity too.
The separate textile collections will run every quarter and have been introduced as part of the agreement between NNDC and Kier, with the aim to increase the amount of waste recycled in north Norfolk to around 50pc from its current 45pc.
• For more information please call Kier on 01767 640111.
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17 comments
...or I suppose I could fashion a whole new wardrobe of clothes from those wretched plastic 'charity' sacks"
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beachstar
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Times are hard bookworm. Whilst I like to support charities (and in the past they have benefited from my love of chocolate and the effect it has on my waistline), anything 'vintage' and in reasonable condition is going on Ebay from now on. Of course, not being able to afford the chocolate might mean I can soon get into them again...
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beachstar
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
thanks for the info previous poster. i only have a few rags which i need myself.some people store loads of old clothes from decades ago which they can't fit into and i would say to them--get rid of them for charity. i have a thing about chucking out stuff.
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bookworm
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
i have read of fake charities who collect clothes only.this may put people off putting stuff out.
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bookworm
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Notice how the politicians love to take credit for these things but when it comes to unpopular decisions they roll out the Chief Executive?
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Newsflash
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Why is tax payers money being used to support a charity, when NNDC are cutting back on local services?
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Hugh
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Bookworm - it was on the national news this morning that old clothes are fetching the highest ever prices right now. Charity shops welcome your "rags" because they are getting sky high prices for rags now. There are even shops where you can take your old clothes to go for recycling (not sold to charity) and they pay you 50p per kilo. Not sure if there are any of these in Norfolk ..... yet.
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samphirelover
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
There are clothes recycling bins in various locations – there's a SA one next to the bottle bank in Cley – though there was some fuss when it emerged that the company organising the collection took something like half the proceeds. Recyclong is good, charity is good, combining the two ought to be good too...
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Richard Kelham
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
the rags i wear would be rejected by charity shops. i get about 3 bags a month sometimes more.i never fill any of them.
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bookworm
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Is there any way we can opt out of these charity bags? I am inundated by these things almost every week. Seems that they think we all buy a new wardrobe of clothes every week and throw them out the next! If I had anything to give away I would take it to one of the many shops in the local town. Recycling textiles is all very well, but what about the environmental cost of producing all that plastic to encourage people to do so? Doesn't make sense.
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beachstar
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
I was discussing this with a manager in a SA charity shop and she said that she's very disappointed that NONE of the clothes get to their own shops.
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samphirelover
Monday, February 13, 2012
it was more about publicity than charity as the photo shows ! half a job done and a tick on the list for the tories
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Double Bill
Monday, February 13, 2012
I really do doubt how much of this collection will be recycled( reprocessed). The best goes for re-use in poorer countries,shipped abroad, the worst for rags. Although the Salvation Army are worthy beneficiaries, will other charities be considered next time? How do they get on a list?
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bedoomed
Monday, February 13, 2012
When will these do nothing Tories pay attention & set up a service which a)works & b)is needed?
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Mr Majika
Monday, February 13, 2012
Likewise. I've just taken a huge sackful of clothes to a charity shop because they failed to collect.
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samphirelover
Monday, February 13, 2012
Same here Roger, two bags have been sitting by the road for two weeks! We need more bottle banks not more clothes collections!
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Paul Radbourne
Monday, February 13, 2012
My bag was never collected. Pity - I had to put it in the dustbin the following week!
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Roger Chamberlain
Monday, February 13, 2012