Property News · February 15, 2014

Wonder what happens to your Oxfam donations? Sorted


Thanks partly to a huge recycling plant, Oxfam can spend 84p in £1 on helping others. Rebecca Smithers went to see for herselfFrom a vast metal cage at the end of a warehouse men in high-vis jackets are ripping open hundreds of bags full of clothing and more. A rainbow of sweatshirts, T-shirts, knitted sweaters, curtains, blankets and shoes – and even a striking adult dinosaur onesie – comes tumbling out on to a series of conveyor belts, signalling the beginning of a complex sorting process, virtually all of which is done by hand.”I’ve had the occasional Vivienne Westwood number,” chirps one sorter as she ploughs her way through a sea of clothes. Standing in a row of six “podiums”, their experienced eyes are trained to spot quality or designer clothes, or leather or heavy wool coats that fetch good prices in eastern Europe. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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