From Iceland — Sorpa Calls For A Recycling Fee On Textiles

Only one percent of old textiles worldwide is recycled. There is a lack of sorting and recycling facilities to obtain yarn for new textiles from used clothing. Although the techniques are available - but only on a test scale. By R. Ell.

Already at the turn of the year it became illegal to throw textiles in the usual garbage. New EU rules require clothing to be...

Trondheim Municipality wants to take responsibility for where the textiles that you and I throw away end up.

From Iceland — Sorpa Calls For A Recycling Fee On Textiles

According to a new law, all municipalities are required to handle textile collection alongside other waste. Until recently, the Icelandic Red Cross oversaw the export of used textiles, but that responsibility has now shifted to a waste management company Sorpa. RÚV reports that Sorpa processes between two to three thousand tons of textiles annually. According to Gunnar Dofri Ólafsson, Chief of Service and Communications at Sorpa, the cost of thi…