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16 new recycling banks in Newham
27 January
If you have clothes you no longer want, pass them on through a new addition to Newham’s recycling family.
Sixteen textile banks have been introduced across the borough where you can recycle unwanted items from trousers to T shirts, saris to school uniforms or even pairs of shoes and belts. When a bank becomes full the contents are transported to a sorting warehouse in Canning Town. Each item is separated by garment and material type, baled together and exported to developing countries overseas. The textiles are then distributed to local markets where stallholders sell the items to the surrounding communities; it takes only four weeks for an item deposited at a bank to make it to an overseas community market. Anything unsuitable for reuse is separated by material type and recycled.
Absorbable materials, such as cotton and linen, are cut into industrial wiping rags. Other materials such as wool are either shredded and made into felt or new yarn. The banks have been installed by Newham Council in partnership with recycling company Lawrence M Barry.
Bank it!
The banks can be found at the following recycling sites:
Tollgate Road, E16
Stansfield Road - opposite Newham City Farm, E16
Wythes Road, E6
Drew Road Estate, E16
Evelyn Road, outside Evelyn School, E16
Plaistow Station, E15
Plaistow Road, junction with Harcourt Rd, E13
Katherine Road, opposite Heigham Rd, E7
Barking Road, opposite Selsdon Road, E13
Crescent Road - behind Green Street, E13
Glenparke Road - off Green Street, E7
Carpenters Community Centre, Gibbins Rd, E15
Plashet Grove, near Plashet School, E6
Barking Road Recreation Ground, E6
Tennyson Point, E15
For more information on recycling call 020 8430 2000 or visit www.newham.gov.uk