Textiles (reusable)
Bring usable, intact and clean clothes, shoes and accessories packed in bags. There maybe regional collection points for rags and textiles to be discarded. If there is no other collection, rags belong in energy or mixed waste.
Lajitteluohje
Tämä lajitteluohjesivu on eri kielellä kuin valitsemasi kieli. Voit palata karttanäkymään ja valita kierrätettävän materiaalin omalla kiellelläsi.
Always observe local and collection point specific instructions! The following are some general guidelines based on prevailing practices.
Yes
- usable clothes and shoes
- curtains
- towels
- sheets
- other clean and dry textiles that are no longer used
No
- wet or tattered clothes or shoes
Remember
Only intact, clean and usable clothes belong are collected. Please do not overload a charitable organisation’s clothes collection with waste.
Pack the clothes in normal plastic bags.
Collecting and transportation
Types of collection equipment: clothes collection containers
Colour code: yellow (most common)
Collected textiles and clothes are transported from the collection points to sorting.
Handling
Often, sorting happens in two phases: gross and fine sorting. From sorting, the clothes go either to charity or for sale.
Recycling and recovery
Most of the sorted clothes go for reuse in Africa. Some of the clothes go to wholesale in Finland, some to stores and the rest are rags or waste
Responsible organizers
Municipal waste management companies Textiles are processed by e.g. UFF ja Fida Lähetystorit