LCRSL

Recycling unwanted clothing and generating vital funds for WWF

Local Community Recycling Services Ltd (LCRSL) is one of the country’s leading registered textile recycling companies. In May 2011, WWF and LCRSL launched a new partnership to offer convenient and accessible ways for people to donate their unwanted clothing.  This not only raises vital funds for WWF but it also has a positive impact on the environment by reducing the amount of textile waste going into landfill.

What we're doing

LCRSL will be posting WWF collection bags to homes across the UK. They’ll also be running WWF collection days for schools and businesses. To enquire about a collection at your school or business please contact them directly on 0845 0718900 or email info@lcrsl.co.uk. Through the partnership, we hope to:

• raise awareness of the environmental benefits of clothing and textile recycling;  
• offer convenient ways for people to recycle their unwanted clothing;  
• reduce the amount of textile waste entering landfill sites; and 
• raise vital funds to support our work across the world.

Why we're doing it

Recycling greatly reduces the impact of waste on the environment. In the UK we throw out more than a million tonnes of used clothing and textiles every year, most of which ends up in landfill.

Our partnership offers a great way to extend the life of your unwanted clothing. All clothing, shoes, belts and bags which you donate to us will be re-sold into the growing second-hand clothing market or recycled to make things such as industrial wipers and insulating material. So all of your donations are valuable.

Mark FitzGerald of LCRSL says:

"WWF and LCRSL's core values, at the heart of which is recycling, are linked -  making this partnership an ideal match. The environment is a global issue and the responsibility of us all, so if we can offer people a simple alternative by diverting unwanted textiles from our already overflowing landfill sites, and at the same time raise vital funding for WWF, this has to be a win-win situation for both parties."

Partnership links

• LCRSL website